Keep Quiet

Follow the personal I
to the source, the universal I, which is Consciousness.
You do this by keeping quiet.
~ Robert Adams

Self-realization comes when you no longer think about it, when you no longer want it. Not my will but thine be done. Robert Adams

If the fool would persist in his folly (Facebook) he would become wise.
- William Blake, Proverbs of Hell

Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.
Anne Lamott

"I knew my madness had to stop when I found myself cringing at the end of every day over how I'd snapped at someone—my poor boyfriend, a coworker, a cashier at the drugstore. Step one was buying a pair of sneakers and dragging my cranky self outside for a run. From there I inched my way forward, making a point to reconnect with friends I'd been "too busy" to meet up with; doing little things for myself, like buying a new bottle of my favorite lotion; and cooking more often—an activity that, while time-consuming, relaxes me.

Don't get me wrong—I still catch myself mid–eye roll when someone sits directly in front of me in yoga class. (It's called staggering, girlfriend.) And last week when I was grocery shopping, a guy banged his basket right into my elbow and kept walking. I wanted to stomp up to him and say, "Um, excuse you." Instead I reminded myself that a plastic basket isn't an assault weapon and focused on the delicious stuffed squash I was planning to make. Sure, he'd thrown the first (most likely innocent) jab, but I've learned to stop jabbing back."

-- Caitlin Moscatello is a writer based in New York City. Her work has appeared in Glamour, Redbook, and Sports Illustrated.