So a relationship is a great gift, not because it makes us happy — it often doesn't — but because any intimate relationship, if we view it as practice, is the clearest mirror we can find. —Charlotte Joko Beck More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Charlotte Joko Beck Life happens to be both a severe and an endlessly kind teacher. It's the only authority that you need to trust. And this teacher, this authority, is everywhere. You don't have to go to some special place to find this incomparable teacher; you don't have to have some especially quiet or ideal situation: in fact, the messier it is, the better. The average office is a great place. The average home is perfect. . . . That is where the authority, the teacher is. —Charlotte Joko Beck More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. —Charlotte Joko Beck More about this quote Tags: life joy illness fortune Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life happens to be both a severe and an endlessly kind teacher. It's the only authority that you need to trust. And this teacher, this authority, is everywhere. You don't have to go to some special place to find this incomparable teacher; you don't have to have some especially quiet or ideal situation: in fact, the messier it is, the better. The average office is a great place. The average home is perfect. . . . That is where the authority, the teacher is. —Charlotte Joko Beck More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. —Charlotte Joko Beck More about this quote Tags: life joy illness fortune Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email