As I age I am grateful to find that a silence has begun to gather in me,
coexisting with my tempers and my fears,
unchanged by my joys or my pain.
Rachel Naomi Remen
photo of monastery garden Bolton Abbey Kildare
Category: Make the most of life
Getting closer to real meaning
May my silences become more accurate
Theodore Roethke, American poet, 1908 – 1963, Words for Young Writers
photo richard outram
Gatekeepers
The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers:
Is it true?
Is it kind?
Is it necessary?”
Sufi Proverb
Not knowing but loving
The lesson of spiritual life is not about gaining knowledge,
but about how we love.
Are we able to love what is given to us,
love in the midst of all things,
love ourselves and others?
Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
Everything arises and passes away
One of the most popular bits of poetry in Zen.
Simple, and yet it contains all of practice.
I stroll along the stream up to where it ends.
I sit down watching the clouds as they begin to rise.
Wang Wei, Chinese poet ( 699-761)
photo phil catterall
The way we grow
The paradox is indeed that new life is born
out of the pains of the old.
Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out.
photo david lally
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