Patience and letting time stretch out achieve more than forcing and passion
(Patience et longueur de temps font plus que force ni que rage)
Jean de La Fontaine, Le Lion et le Rat
Month: December 2014
The secret of living fully
A man sees in the world
what he carries in his heart.
Goethe, Faust
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
photo zuliannyGM
Already whole
You are whole and also part of larger and larger circles of wholeness
you many not even know about.
You are never alone.
And you already belong.
You belong to humanity. You belong to life.
You belong to this moment, this breath.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
photo g. dallorto
Black Fridays, Cyber Mondays and Getting distracted
Our life is frittered away by detail.
Simplify, simplify.
Henry David Thoreau
photo Alex
Wanting more
So, how can we achieve inner contentment? There are two methods. One method is to obtain everything that we want and desire – all the money, houses, and cars; the perfect mate; and the perfect body. The Dalai Lama has already pointed out the disadvantage of this approach; if our wants and desires remain unchecked, sooner or later we will run up against something that we want but can’t have. The second, and more reliable, method is not to have what we want but rather to want and appreciate what we have.
The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
photo of Black Friday 2013 by powhusku
Always pushing or pulling
If you wish to see the truth
then hold no opinions for or against anything.
Comparing what you like against what you dislike
is the disease of the mind.
Seng-T’san, Third Zen Patriarch, The Hsin Hsin Ming
photo ketterechts
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