Peace of Mind

"We became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs.  More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life.  We enjoyed peace of mind.  We began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter."

"(Problems) seem like difficult yet mundane parts of life to get over with so we can become peaceful and do our spiritual practice.  But when we bring to them attention and respect, each of those tasks has a spiritual lesson in them.  Difficult cycles are everyone's practice."