Joy is being willing for things to be as they are
Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special
photo A Davey
Month: November 2014
Quietly waiting
You are not dead yet.
It is not too late
To open your depths by plunging into them
And drink in the life
That reveals itself quietly there.
Rainer Maria Rilke
photo gusawimui
Enemies
We encounter a lot of “enemies” each day – queues, bad weather, deadlines, meetings that don’t go according to plan, traffic slowing us down when we are in a hurry, people who disagree with us, events we do not like. We instinctively try to avoid, grumble about them and turn them into enemies, with us quickly feeling like victims. This quote reminds us that a lot of our dissatisfaction is self-created, a lot of stress caused by our own minds.
When an enemy arises in your life, even though you may kill it,
another will simply arise,
because all arisings are simply a manifestation of your own state of consciousness
Kalu Rinpoche
photo crepoastoram
Thanks in the middle of the world
Mostly I just stand in the dark field,
in the middle of the world, breathing
in and out. Life so far doesn’t have any other name
but breath and light, wind and rain.
If there’s a temple, I haven’t found it yet.
Mary Oliver, What is there Beyond Knowing
photo Andy Beecroft
Accepting each moment
All things, the grass as well as the trees,
are tender and soft while alive
When dead, they are withered and dried.
Therefore the stiff and the rigid are companions of death
The gentle and the kind are the companions of life
Lao Tzu
photo Francisco Javier Epinoza Pérez
Not perfect but complete
A thousand times I have ascertained and
found it to be true:
The affairs of this world are really nothing
into nothing.
Still though, we should dance.
Hafiz
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