The word for September in the Irish language is Meán Fómhair, which can be translated as “Mid harvest”
Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love?’ These are the real questions.
I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.
Henri Nouwen
Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may be admirable
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples, and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.
William Martin 1925-2010, English poet
Now that all your worry
has proved such an unlucrative business
why not find a better job?
Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
The soul has an absolute, unforgiving need for
regular excursions into enchantment.
It requires them like the body needs food and the mind needs thought.
Thomas Moore
No one grows old by living
– only by losing interest in living
Marie Beynon Rey
When filled with qi, the body is like a tree branch filled with sap; it can bend and flow with the breeze, but it does not snap or lose its connection with the root. On the other hand, a stiff, dead branch is easily broken. Thus the adage of Lao Zi, “Concentrate the qi and you will achieve the utmost suppleness…
Suppleness is the essence of life“
Kenneth S. Cohen, The Way of Qigong
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