William’s Words

It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise people are able to understand them. – Paulo Coelho –  Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. – Edith Wharton –  Good friends, a good … Read More

Each new dawn brings with it 15 new reasons for laughs, 100,000 new heartbeats in your chest, your lifeblood voyages 168,000,000 miles. And each new morning on this earth translates 7,200 earthquakes in the upcoming 24 hours. More than 18,000 … Read More

You often say, “ I would give, but only to the deserving.” The trees in your orchard say not so,  nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. – Kahlil Gibran … Read More

Whatever we cultivate in times of ease, we gather as strength for times of change. Even our anger  can be held with a heart of kindness. In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully … Read More

In these times when anger Is turned into anxiety And someone has stolen The horizons and mountains, The industry of distraction Makes us forget That we live in a universe. We have become converts To the religion of stress. That … Read More

I am not running away from the truth,  but I am backing up slowly. Impermanence looks like it is going to be around a long time… I’m very carefully positioning myself for the total unknown that’s coming. It’s time you … Read More

When the reverberations of shock subside in you, May grace come to restore you to balance. May it shape a new space in your heart To embrace this moment as teacher. Who has come to open your life to new … Read More

This is a time of chaos. This is a time of healing. This is a time of choice. This is a time to care. This is a time to stand and say “yes.” This is a time to stand and say “no.” … Read More

If I Wanted A Boat: I would want a boat, if I wanted a  boat, that bounded hard on the waves, that didn’t know starboard from port and wouldn’t learn, that welcomed  dolphins and headed straight for the  whales, that, … Read More