“Self-actualization is not a sudden happening or even the permanent result of long effort. The eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist poet-saint Milarupa suggested: "Do not expect full realization; simply practice every day of your life." A healthy person is not perfect but… — David Richo Copy Share Image
In the hero stories, the call to go on a journey takes the form of a loss, an error, a wound, an unexplainable longing,… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“It took just such evil and painful things for the great emancipation to occur,” Nietzsche said. He is also the one who said that… — David Richo Copy Share Image
The most exciting part of finding out who we are is discovering our own uniqueness, who we are outside the box, beyond the categories… — David Richo Copy Share Image
The human heart holds much more love than it can ever disburse in one lifetime. — David Richo Copy Share Image
The Five A’s (attention, appreciation, acceptance, affection, allowing) are simultaneously the fulfillment of our earliest needs, the requirements of adult intimacy and of universal… — David Richo Copy Share Image
In mindful grief, we become the landing strip that allows any feelings to arrive. Some crash, some land softly. Some harm us, but none… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us. — David Richo Copy Share Image
Fate often allows a future to take shape with no regard for our expectation, plan, or readiness. Fate's skillful editing of our life choices… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by the other,… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Relationships are not about how two people can survive each other but about how the whole world becomes more capable of love, with all… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is both a state of being and a daily spiritual practice, a form of meditation. — David Richo Copy Share Image
Love is the possibility of possibilities. Its farthest reach is beyond us, no matter how long we love or how much. It will always… — David Richo Copy Share Image
