Embrace destiny

The wise person leans on a pillar that is never shaken,

Travels a road that is never blocked,

is endowed from a resource that is never exhausted,

and learns from a teacher that never dies.

They are successful In whatever they undertake, and arrive wherever they go.

Whatever they do, they embrace destiny and go along without confusion.

Wen-tzu, Taoist, disciple of Lao Tzu

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Embrace uncertainty.

Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later

Bob Goff, 1959 – ,  lawyer and author

A soft gaze

Most of our suffering comes from having a fixed view of how life, or this day, should go…

For things to reveal themselves to us

we need to be ready to abandon our views about them

Thich Nhat Hahn

Earth stuff and star stuff

The practice of cultivating a loving and kind attitude towards ourselves and others, is not a self-improvement technique but an act of quiet daring. As we let down our habitual guard, as we soften and relax, allowing ourselves to loosen the grip of the thoughts and fears that haunt us, we remember the life is here, quietly offering itself to us in this very moment. We remember that we inhabit bodies that come to us from ancestors who endured and overcame much. We remember our deep connection to the earth and also to the stars. We are made of earth stuff and star stuff.

Tracy Cochran

Don’t keep a chair

There will always be times when you feel discouraged. 
I too, have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it.

I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Sunday Quote: Cage

We spend much of our time in a cage created by our own fear of discomfort.

Pema Chödrön