Seeing obstacles as opportunities to exercise strengths

Seeing obstacles as opportunities to exercise strengths

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” ― Helen Keller Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with...
Cultivating equanimity: Meditating on transcience

Cultivating equanimity: Meditating on transcience

‘Once upon a time there lived a man named Freddie, a wise leader, who, in spite of his great wisdom, often struggled with emotional highs and lows. Freddie was prone to periods of great elation where he would make very poor decisions, and periods of great...