Continuing to post some quotes from Thich Nhat Hanh who is very ill in hospital as a reminder to keep him in your thoughts
Do not just look for what you want to see,
that would be futile.
Do not look for anything,
but allow the insight to have a chance to come by itself.
That insight will help liberate you
Thich Nhat Hanh
photo: passiondutrain
Joy is being willing for things to be as they are
Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special
photo A Davey
You are not dead yet.
It is not too late
To open your depths by plunging into them
And drink in the life
That reveals itself quietly there.
Rainer Maria Rilke
photo gusawimui
Mostly I just stand in the dark field,
in the middle of the world, breathing
in and out. Life so far doesn’t have any other name
but breath and light, wind and rain.
If there’s a temple, I haven’t found it yet.
Mary Oliver, What is there Beyond Knowing
photo Andy Beecroft
All things, the grass as well as the trees,
are tender and soft while alive
When dead, they are withered and dried.
Therefore the stiff and the rigid are companions of death
The gentle and the kind are the companions of life
Lao Tzu
photo Francisco Javier Epinoza Pérez
Life is so short,
we should all move more slowly.
Thich Nhat Hanh
photo Ryan Hodnott
