A zen-like poem. What seems like a loss becomes clarity to see more riches.
Each day, less leaves
in the tree outside my window.
More leave, and every day
more sky. More of the far,
and every night more stars.
Li-Young Lee, Leaving
Religion for the dervishes is searching….
for it is the custom of kings to
bury treasures in deserted places.
Qadi Husayn Maybudi, 1449 – 1504, Iranian scholar
Thanksgiving happens when our sense of presence meets and fully beholds all other presences.
Being unappreciative, feeling distant, might mean we are simply not paying attention.
David Whyte, Gratitude
Our suffering often comes, not from events themselves, but from the narratives we build around them, a process that almost always places our “self” at the center of the universe
I should be content
to look at a mountain
for what it is
and not as a comment
on my life.
David Ignatow, American poet and editor
Don’t Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream.
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements. Second Agreement
When we accept an event, we stop saying, “This shouldn’t have happened” and start asking, “Given that this has happened, what now?”
Everywhere, at each moment, you have the option:
to accept this event with humility;
to treat this person as he should be treated;
to approach this thought with care, so that nothing irrational creeps in.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.54
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