Therefore, tell me:
what will engage you?
What will open the dark fields of your mind,
like a lover
at first touching?
Mary Oliver, Flare
Sunday Quote: What will engage you?
Tag: heart
Play
Once a day, take a moment to remember your real life’s work and differentiate it from the games you play in order to achieve it.
Then, commit to playing wholeheartedly…
I’ve mentioned the idea of using the word play to replace the word work. If you have no way to feel playful doing your work, get different work.
This is not to say that play is easy. Real creativity, which is the essence of play, can feel absolutely grueling. But ultimately there is a sense of joy and meaning in having done it. The essential self doesn’t mind hard work. But it will reject meaningless work.
Martha Beck Blog, I Rest my Pace
the real questions
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
ordinary life
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
Not paying off
Now that all your worry
has proved such an unlucrative business
why not find a better job?
Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
Sunday Quote: Enchantment
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
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