“Rumi tells us that moment we accept what troubles we’ve been given, the door will open.” — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general, but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
But when I learned about the dangers of rejection or attack, I thought, it's time to change this. What if we faced… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Whatever is happening, whatever is changing, whatever is going or not going according to my plans—I release my hold on all of… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. And how ironic… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Many people don't wake up. They fight against a difficult time, shut the window and become more bitter. Fortunately or unfortunately, however… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Even if your difficult time comes at you out of the blue - like cancer - even those times, opens your heart… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
If men and women were equal, everybody would have the same values.Because at this point in time, many women feel compelled to… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Life actually is this mystery and gift. And every moment of it can be full of real radical joy and wakefulness. And… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Сertainly there are people for whom anti-depression medication has allowed them to use difficulty to wake up, and I don't deny that… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“In their most broken moments they were brought to their knees; they were humbled; they were opened.” — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Beautiful quality that women have, which is we like to get together and gab. It's time to elevate that aspect of being… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“Prayer is allowing ourselves to be thirsty; it is a longing for something we just cannot seem to find. The Sufis say… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
I think if you asked people "what's the biggest problem in your life?" They'd say, "I just don't have time for anything!"… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
It is such a teaching in itself for us, all of us, every moment when we're with anyone. — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
One practice I rely on all the time is basic meditation which allows me to strip away the noise. It's like the… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life. — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
One can be a full-fledged Christian and at the same time, enjoy the reality of a universal spiritual truth. — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“too—I realized that my only hope was to give up the life that had been, in order to make room for the life that… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“logotherapy,” which, in a nutshell, is about searching for the meaning packed in one’s baggage, something” — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“He was training people to become “sacred warriors”—not so that they could do battle with others but so that they could develop the kind… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“Rumi tells us that moment we accept what troubles we’ve been given, the door will open.” — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
If I pull from places of faith, joy and gratitude, then I have the wind of creativity behind me. And, my work in the… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
I think as women and men become more conscious, the terms "woman/man" begin to lose meaning. — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
I actually don't think we're more divided than we were. I think it's more evident. It's more evident because of the internet. — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
We think that maybe feminism isn't appropriate anymore, since Western women have really made enormous strides. But check out the rest of the world… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind. — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
We must pay attention to the voice that calls us out of the safety zone. — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
When we descend all the way down to the bottom of loss, and dwell patiently, with an open heart, in the darkness and pain,… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
The great loneliness- like the loneliness a caterpillar endures when she wraps herself in a silky shroud and begins the long transformation from chrysalis… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
