The glorious, colorful life comes to those who expect it, dream it. Remember how grand life was when the circus or the fair was imminent? Colors changed. More dramatic than the change of seasons was the change of attitudes.
So expect the circus, always.
Be the circus.
Tennessee Williams
Think of the wren
and how little flesh is needed to make a song
Galway Kinnell, Why Regret?
The beginning of the season of Ramadam
What actions are most excellent?
To gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the wrongs of the injured.
That person is the most beloved, who does most good to God’s creatures
From the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad in the Sahih al-Bukhari
Everyone who moves on
walks like Jesus,
on the sea
Antonio Machado, 1875 – 1939, Spanish poet.
We have to be patient with ourselves. Over and over again we think we need to be somewhere else, and we must find the truth right here, right now; we must find our joy here, now. How seductive it is, the thought of tomorrow. We must find our understanding here. We must find it here; it is always here; this is where the grass is green.
John Tarrant Calling on the name of Avalokiteshvara
Things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together and fall apart again. It’s just like that.
The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.
Pema Chodron
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