Courage is what love looks like
when tested by the simple everyday necessities
of being alive
David Whyte
Sunday quote: Courage
Tag: balance
Overthinking
It is imperative to cut off the mind road.
If you do not cut off the mind road, you will be a ghost, clinging to the grass.
Wu Men Hui-k’ai,, 1183–1260, Chinese Chán master
Stop talking to yourself
If you aren’t feeding the fire of anger or the fire of craving by talking to yourself, then the fire doesn’t have anything to feed on.
It peaks and passes on.
In order to be gentle and create an atmosphere of compassion for yourself, it’s necessary to stop talking to yourself about how wrong everything is – or how right everything is, for that matter.
Pema Chödrön, Start Where You Are – a Guide to Compassionate Living
Sunday Quote: Power
The most common way people give up their power,
is by thinking they don’t have any.
Alice Walker
A big empty space
A long weekend here in Ireland.
My home can be anywhere, heaven or earth.
All I need is room in my heart.
And a good source of water, of course.
You need room in your heart . . . a big empty space
To sort out what’s real from what’s not.
Hsu Yun, 1840 – 1959, renowned and influential Chinese Chan Buddhist master
Parts
“You know, you’re a little complicated after all”
“Oh no”, she assured him, “I’m not really,
I’m just a – I’m just a whole lot of different people”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night
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