Body, like a mountain,
Heart, like the sea
Mind, like the sky.
Dogen
photo of portmarnock strand by bonners2
Month: March 2016
What will bring happiness today
In daily life we must see
that it is not happiness that makes us grateful
but gratefulness that makes us happy
Br. David Steindl-Rast osb
Always there
Out here it’s impossible to be lonely.
The land walking beside you is your oldest friend,
pleasantly silent, like already you’ve told the best stories
and each of you knows how much the other made up.
Naomi Shihab Nye, At the Seven Mile Ranch, Comstock, Texas
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.
Saying yes
I rarely let the word “no” escape
from my mouth
because it is plain to my soul
that God has shouted “Yes, Yes, Yes!”
to every luminous moment of existence.
Hafiz
Courage: A wider perspective
May you receive great encouragement
when new frontiers beckon.
May you take time to celebrate
the quiet miracles that seek no attention.
May you experience each day
as a sacred gift
woven around the heart of wonder.
John O’Donoghue, Benedictus
photo slieve bloom mountains by mooro1
Moments
There is no such thing as a charmed life, not for any of us, no matter where we live or how mindfully we attend to the tasks at hand. But there are charmed moments, all the time, in every life and in every day, if we are only awake enough to experience them when they come and wise enough to appreciate them.
Katrina Kenison, The Gift of an Ordinary Day
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