Month: March 2022

Sunday Quote: Words and silence

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You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Surprised by joy

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Our life journey contain many twists and turns and we all make mistakes along the way. And yet, Spring returns

I write, 

erase, 

rewrite.

Erase again, and then…

A poppy blooms.

Hokusai, 1760 – 1849, Japanese painter, printmaker

An ongoing work

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When we get our spiritual house in order, we’ll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don’t expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty

Flannery O’Connor, 1925 – 1964. American novelist, Letter to Louise Abbott

Even the smallest thing

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Every speck of dust has a marvellous soul, but to understand it, one must recover one’s religious and magical sense of things.

Joan Miró, Catalan painter

Reality passing by

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We usually do not look into what is really there in front of us. We see life through a screen of thoughts and concepts, and we mistake those mental objects for reality. We get so caught up in this endless thought-stream that reality flows by unnoticed. We spend our time engrossed in activity, caught up in an eternal flight from pain and unpleasantness. We spend our energies trying to make ourselves feel better, trying to bury our fears. We are endlessly seeking security. Meanwhile, the world of real experience flows by untouched and untasted.

Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness In Plain English

Living your life

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It is not about achieving your dreams but living your life.

If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture