At any time you can ask yourself: At which threshold am I now standing? At this time in my life, what am I leaving? Where am I about to enter? What is preventing me from crossing my next threshold? What gift would enable me to do it?
A threshold is not a simple boundary; it is a frontier that divides two different territories, rhythms, and atmospheres.
John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us
We often search for happiness by adding things to our lives: more experiences, more possessions, more achievements. But sometimes happiness is found not by adding, but by subtracting. Subtract the constant pressure, the busyness, the noise. Create space through rest. Happiness is like a shy animal; it will not come out if we are constantly crashing through the forest. Sit quietly, rest, and it may appear on its own.
Joseph Emet, Buddha’s Book of Happiness: Teachings for Achieving Lasting Peace, Joy, and Fearlessness
Hope has holes
in its pockets.
It leaves little
crumb trails
so that we,
when anxious,
can follow it.
Hope’s secret:
it doesn’t know
the destination –
it knows only
that all roads
begin with one
foot in front
of the other.
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, American poet, Hope’s Secret
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