love is an attitudinal relationship toward life. lovingkindness: the generative action of an appreciative mind allows the reactive mind to soften and the spacious perfection of our intricate interconnection with all others to be seen
-"...couldn't you try just a little bit more?" - learning to recognize, develop and balance the 5 elements of effort: confidence, health, sincerity, energy and wisdom
two subtle but far-reaching attachments are: 1. to the false beliefs that we are: As solely products of our past conditioning B. that we are in control of the present circumstances 2. the conceit within the comparing mind. our relationship to the present situation can be unhealthy or it can lead to happiness. wise attention chooses one way, not the other
