Compassion is the heart of everything

I have a better understanding of what it means to have a child start school... as Zola just began pre-school this month. My life feels quite upside down while we both adjust to a new schedule. That being said, I'll be taking a break for the rest of the month and will be back in October, full of great ideas and thoughts. Before I leave, I thought I'd leave my faithful friends and followers a few thoughts that may fuel your compassion engine:

• Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. - Dr. Seuss.

• Along with love, compassion is the face of altruism. It is a feeling from deep in the heart that you cannot bear others’ suffering without acting to relieve it. As compassion grows stronger, so does your willingness to commit yourself to the welfare of all beings, even if you have to do it alone. You will be unbiased in your service to all beings, no matter how they respond to you. - Dalai Lama's status update on Facebook

• Another quote from Dr. Seuss: Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

At the heart and seat of each of these quotes is compassion. Compassion to yourself and others in the world. This is the key to everything in the life of a Sherpa.

What I have learned is that even if this path is lonely.. even if the world feels against me at times... I will stay true to myself. I will instill a deep sense of compassion every day until it is threaded in every aspect of my being.

If any of you follow this path, know that I will be right there with you... creating that thread of compassion throughout the world.

So, until October, I bow deeply to the light that shines brightly in you.

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