Nature…trees, flowers, grass…grow in silence.
We need silence to be able to touch souls.

~Wilbur Pierce

The soul–which I’m defining as our capacity for these deeply positive human qualities–is something that, in most of us, desperately needs to be developed. Too many of us live in a fractured state, deeply divided against ourselves–often far more so than we are aware of or able to feel. We exist in a self-generated vacuum of moral ambiguity, where everything is relative and our attention is focused mainly on our emotional state. Most of us know a lot more about what really matters than we are willing to live up to. Indeed, we are attracted to that which is beautiful, profound, and meaningful but find ourselves lacking the soul strength to really struggle, to engage in a life-and-death wrestling match with our own division, cynicism, and inertia. The awful truth is that it is just easier for us not to care that much. In order to care that much, we have to be willing to feel a connection with life that is so deep that it hurts. We have to be ready to step onto the field of our own experience in a way that is authentic, unconditional, and deeply committed–to embrace a kind of fearless vulnerability where our transparency is our strength and the living experience of connection is permanent, unbroken, and inescapable. ~Andrew Cohen

No matter what happens around us, or to us, through love, our soul reaches immortality,
conquering all dimensions and all destinies. ~Akiane Kramarik

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Ven. Saccamuni Luon Sovath with beautiful Indigenous people in my country, Cambodia.
Our country is very fortunate to have such a great defender who hardly loses his smile, regardless the situation. Photo credit: Ven. Saccamuni Luon Sovath

An elephant in Thailand Paint a self portrait of himself, pretty amazing and unique. The portraits were later sold for $60. Someone purchased the painting before the elephant was even done painting it.

Universal Love Prayer
From the Metta Sutta

May all beings be filled with joy and peace. 
May all beings everywhere, 
The strong and the weak, 
The great and the small, 
The mean and the powerful, 
The short and the long, 
the subtle and the gross: 

May all beings everywhere, 
Seen and unseen, 
Dwelling far off or nearby, 
Being or waiting to become: 
May all be filled with lasting joy. 

Let no one deceive another, 
Let no one anywhere despise another, 
Let no one out of anger or resentment 
Wish suffering on anyone at all. 

Just as a mother with her own life
Protects her child, her only child, from harm, 
So within yourself let grow 
A boundless love for all creatures. 

Let your love flow outward through the universe, 
To its height, its depth, its broad extent, 
A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. 

Then as you stand or walk,
Sit or lie down,
As long as you are awake, 
Strive for this with a one-pointed mind; 
Your life will bring heaven to earth.
Namu Amida Buddha.

Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to.
Don’t try to see through the distances.
That’s not for human beings. Move within,
but don’t move the way fear makes you move.

~Rumi