No amount of anxiety
makes any difference
to anything that is going to happen
Alan Watts
Simple truth
Month: March 2024
Comparing
The real essence of good is found only within things under your own control.
If you keep this in mind, you won’t find yourself feeling jealous or lonely, pitifully comparing yourself and your accomplishments to others.
Epictetus, died 135 AD, Stoic philosopher, Enchiridion, Chapter 19
Ever perfect
We are made, the scriptures of all religions assure us, in the image of God. Nothing can change that original goodness. Whatever mistakes we have made in the past, whatever problems we may have in the present, in every one of us this ‘uncreated spark in the soul’ remains untouched, ever pure, ever perfect. Even if we try with all our might to douse or hide it, it is always ready to set our personality ablaze with light.
Eknath Easwaran, Original Goodness
Simply sit
Some people think that it always takes time
for the mind to arrive in the space of silence.
How about simply dropping this idea,
simply feeling how you are sitting right now,
in contact with the ground and thus with the earth
in this earth contact that knows neither here nor there.
Simply letting yourself feel how you are sitting right now
in contact with the space above your head and thus with the sky
in this sky contact which knows neither yesterday not today.
Silvia Ostertag, It Takes No Time [extract]
The beautiful flags
Keep your eyes open: God, his angels, are planting the beautiful flags we need to get home, to get others home.
Keep your vision clear, your heart open, and the hand outstretched.
Keep the beauty for only a second, then pass it on. Die with your heart full and your hands empty.
Tennessee Williams
Sunday Quote: Do Your best
Do the best you can until you know better.
Then when you know better
do better.
Maya Angelou
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