Dew evaporates
And all our world is dew…so dear,
So fresh, so fleeting.
Issa, 1763 – 1828, On the death of his child
Author: Karl Duffy
This is a Mindfulness Practice Blog written in Laois, Ireland, containing reflections on meditation practice, psychological growth, spirituality and wellness which hopefully may encourage and benefit others as they reflect on their lives and seek to develop a more balanced, mindful and conscious approach to it.
Without regret
When I rise up
let me rise up joyful
like a bird
When I fall
let me fall without regret
like a leaf.
Wendell Berry, Prayers and Sayings of the Mad Farmer
photo sten
Wiser teachers
It is not easy for a man to be as great as a mountain or a forest.
But that is why the Creator gave them to us as teachers.
Now that I am old I look once more toward them for lessons,
instead of trying to understand the ways of men,
Kent Nerburn, Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
photo mwolf89
Autumn: Not getting discouraged
Live as if you liked yourself, and it may happen:
reach out, keep reaching out, keep bringing in.
This is how we are going to live for a long time:
not always, for every gardener knows that after the digging, after the planting,
after the long season of tending and growth, the harvest comes.
from Marge Percy, The Seven of Pentacles
Beneath
Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior.
You are beneath the thinker.
You are the stillness beneath the mental noise.
You are the love and joy beneath the pain.
Eckhart Tolle
photo freddy2001
Sunday Quote: Healing
To heal
is to touch with love
that which we previously touched with fear.
Steven Levine
