6 Quotes by Jacqueline A. Bussie

Recently I came across a Zen prayer that Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk, recites prior to eating: “In this plate of food, I see the entire universe supporting my existence.” I like Hanh’s meditation a lot because the wording allows me to include God in my gratitude without excluding gratitude to all the unseen human beings who also had a hand in the gift of the food in front of me.

A genuine apology is like an eleventh-hour rain on a dusty crop. Grossly overdue, but miraculously just in time.

My hope believes it is possible for all of us to become human human beings, and especially if I find myself in a place where no one is acting like one, I had better become one tout de suite. To hope is to reclaim our humanity.

Authentic power shares power with others.

The opposite of doubt is not faith but resignation and its favorite cloak, passivity.

When we are confident and secure, we are open to only one thing: ourselves.