The word for September in the Irish language is Meán Fómhair, which can be translated as “Mid harvest”
Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love?’ These are the real questions.
I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.
Henri Nouwen
Holding onto the world lightly is peacefulness
There is nothing that you need to hold on to
There is nothing that you need to push away
Sutta Nipata 1097
Neither planning ahead nor reminiscing about the past need obscure the clarity of our present awareness.
The Buddha would say “If you are planning ahead, just plan ahead. If you’re remembering, just remember”
We can look forward or back without fretting or obsessing, or allowing concerns about the future to constrict freedom in the present.
Think about it: even contemplating the future or the past is a function of present awareness
Lama Surya Das, Buddha Standard Time
You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord
and if the meaning of things were simply in ends,
composers would write nothing but finales.
Alan Watts
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light in your life, for your strength.
Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault is in yourself.
Chief Tecumseh, Leader of the Shawnee, 1768 -1813
It is very simple to be happy,
but it is very difficult to be simple.
Rabindranath Tagore
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