Learn the alchemy which true human beings know:
The moment you accept the troubles you have been given
the door will open.
Rumi
Tag: Be fully present
Just flow with it
When effort is needed, effort will appear.
When effortlessness becomes essential, it will assert itself.
You need not push life about.
Just flow with it and give yourself completely to the task of the present moment,
which is the dying now to the now.
For living is dying.
Without death life cannot be.
Nisargadatta Maharaj, 1897 – 1981
Sunday Quote: Sunday Morning: Safe
Walk and touch peace every moment.
Walk and touch happiness every moment.
Each step brings a fresh breeze.
Each step makes a flower bloom.
The Earth will be safe
when we feel safe in ourselves.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Unnecessary luggage
He who stands stretching on tiptoe
doesn’t stand firm.
He who rushes all the time
cannot maintain the pace.
He who makes a show
dims his own light.
He who defines himself
can’t know who he really is.
He who tries to have power over others
can’t empower himself.
He who clings to his work
will create nothing that endures.
According to followers of the Tao,
“These are unnecessary luggage.”
They do not bring happiness.
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 24
All work and no play
We don’t stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw
This day – do not waste the invitations
We often rush through a day – preoccupied with the practical things that need to get done – that we do not have time to celebrate:
A journey can become a sacred thing:
Make sure, before you go, to take the time
To bless your going forth,
To free your heart of ballast
So that the compass of your soul
Might direct you toward the territories of spirit
Where you will discover more of your hidden life,
And the urgencies that deserve to claim you
May you travel in an awakened way,
Gathered wisely into your inner ground;
That you may not waste the invitations
Which wait along the way to transform you.
John O Donohue, For the Traveler
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