As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation. The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Patience is the ability to watch something until it changes.
Ajahn Sucitto
photo Benson kua
Whatever happens. Whatever
what is is is what
I want. Only that. But that.
Galway Kinnell, Prayer
photo thomas brown
I look;
Morning to night I am never done with looking.
Looking, I mean not just standing around,
but standing around
as though with your arms open.
Mary Oliver, Where does the Temple Begin, Where does it End?
A lot of rain these last few days….
Be silent,
as when the rain stops,
and the trees in the orchard
begin to draw moisture
up into themselves.
Rumi, You are the Only Student you Have
photo keith salvesan
Great wealth consists in living on a little with a contented mind;
for of a little there is never a lack.
Lucretius, Roman poet c 99 BC – 55 BC, On the Nature of Things Book 5, 1118-1120
photo Suriya Donavanik
