There is no expected pace for inner learning. What we need to learn comes when we need it, no matter how old or young, no matter how many times we have to start over, no matter how many times we have to learn the same lesson. We fall down as many times as we need to , to learn how to fall and get up. We fall in love as many times as we need to , to learn how to hold and be held. We suffer pain as often as is necessary for us to learn how to break and how to heal. No one really likes this of course, but we deal with our dislike in the same way, again and again, until we learn what we need to know about the humility of acceptance.
Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
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Dear Karl
Thank you so much for your inspiring daily posts. I really look forward to them and often write them into a journal. Recently I have started writing my own poetry, and I’m sending you one that I wrote yesterday. It’s a haiku inspired by a walk in the rain. Warm regards, Cathy Harwood
Sunday afternoon Under a pink umbrella I am full of Spring
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Yes, there’s a certain rightness to this. Wouldn’t it be nice just learn a little faster? Ha!
Reblogged this on View Pacific and commented:
True words on cultivating patience and staying open to the wonder of experience. Could also be a shortcut to getting patience now! Ha!
This definitely hits home. I could do with faster learning as well haha.
Truly beautiful. Our journey is perfect for everything we need to learn.