It may be that
when we no longer know
what to do,
we have come
to our real work,
and when we
no longer know
which way to go,
we have begun
our real journey
Wendell Berry, The Real Work
photo Anna16
Tag: balance
What gives us energy
The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon.
We are never tired,
so long as we can see far enough.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
photo from the top of Skellig Michael by mike shields
Just the way it is
Something we need to hold in mind at all times...
If you are invested in security and certainty
you are on the wrong planet
Pema Chodron
Sunday Quote: Impermanence
A self that goes on changing
is a self that goes on living
Virginia Wolff
Leaning too far forward
Don’t prolong the past,
don’t invite the future,
don’t be deceived by appearances,
just dwell in present awareness.
Patrul Rinpoche
photo ian paterson
Grounded
The emphasis in working life is to get things done, get results and move things on, which can give each day a driven quality and make moment-to-moment awareness difficult. Grounding ourselves every now and then in the body and attuning simply and calmly to the breath can help us remain balanced, and allows us let go of some of the ways we can get locked into fixed positions:
May we learn to return
And rest in the beauty
Of animal being,
Learn to lean low,
Leave our locked minds,
and with freed senses
feel the earth breathing with us.
John O’Donoghue, “To Learn from Animal Being”
photo Ireen Trummer
