Things are as they are.
Looking out into the universe at night,
we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars,
nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
Alan Watts
A Lesson in Letting Things Be
Tag: heart
Small acts
We are here to change the world
with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily
rather than with one great breakthrough
Harold S. Kushner
thinking shifts
We cannot always control events, but we author the meaning assigned to them
I do not fix problems
I fix my thinking.
Then problems fix themselves.
Louise Hay
The real cause of problems is not life itself.
Its the commotion the mind makes about life that really cause problems
Michael A.Singer, The Untethered Soul
no matter how dark
No matter how dire the circumstances, we can have confidence in life’s flow and in our own deep seated goodness.
No matter how dark,
the hand always knows the way to the mouth.
Saying of the Idoma ethnic group, Nigeria.
Making room to breathe
The first day of Lent and of Ramadan
Our culture accelerates. Deadlines, notifications, reputational anxiety, comparisons – all creating a sense of tightness. What would it mean to live one day this week unhurried?
There is a way to live that is spacious and unhurried,
a way that allows the heart to breathe
Wayne Muller, How, Then, Shall We Live?
A gentle world
Maggie and I are doing our best. Our parents did their best. Everyone is doing their best.
What if we assumed that about each other?
What a gentle world it would be.
Elizabeth Lesser, Marrow: A Love Story
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