now air is air and thing is thing
now wind is wind
on forever’s very now we stand.
e.e.cummings, from No Thanks
finding a place of rest in the midst of things
Category: Be fully present
Remind yourself when you are being blown about
After a very wild and windy day in Ireland….
The Tao is always at ease.
It overcomes without competing,
answers without speaking a word,
arrives without being summoned,
accomplishes without a plan.
Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching, 73 [Mitchell translation]
Longings and limitations
Happiness is not a reward for virtue, nor a gift of the gods.
It is the natural state of a mind that has learned to balance its longings with its limitations.
The rituals of religion once taught this; we must now learn it consciously
Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists
Our grip
Our discomfort often comes from our inner commentary — the insistence that the world should be different, or that we should feel differently.
It’s rarely the situation itself that is the problem,
but my grip on how I think it should be.
Björn Natthiko Lindebla, I May Be Wrong
Sunday Quote: dancing
When I am grateful,
I am neither rushing nor slouching through my day-
I’m dancing.
David Steindl Rast
Do nothing
Waiting is one of the themes of Advent.
“Wait on the Lord” is a constant refrain in the Psalms, and it is a necessary word, for God often keeps us waiting.
He is not in such a hurry as we are, and it is not his way to give more light on the future than we need for action in the present, or to guide us more than one step at a time.
When in doubt, do nothing, but continue to wait on God. When action is needed, light will come.
J.J Packer, Knowing God
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