Our Deepest Need Is For The Joy

Our Deepest Need Is For The Joy That Comes With Knowing We Are Of Genuine Use To Others.

When We Meditate Every Morning We Are Putting On Armor For The Day's Battle Against Our Own Impatience, Inadequacy, Resentment, And Hostility.

I Have Never Been Able To Understand The Compelling Phrase, 'keeping Up With The Joneses.' It Does Not Matter Very Much Whether I Keep Up With Tom Jones Or Anybody Else; What Is Important Is To Keep Up With Myself By Making My Today A Little Better Than My Yesterday.

We Look At The World Through Our Likes And Dislikes, Hopes And Fears, Opinions And Judgments. We Want Everyone To Behave As We Think They Should; Otherwise We Get Agitated. But We Are Here To Accept The World As It Is, Even As We Work To Make It Better.

Today, Everything I Do From Morning Meditation On - Eating Breakfast, Going For A Walk, Writing, Reading, Even Recreation - Is Governed By One Purpose Only: How To Give The Very Best Account Of My Life That I Can In The Service Of All.