The paleontologist Teilhard de Chardin carried a notebook in which he had written, among other things, a morning prayer:
“Be pleased yet once again to come down
and breathe a soul into the newly formed, fragile film of matter
with which this day the world is to be freshly clothed.”
The ocean of suffering is immense, but if you turn around, you can see the land. The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy. When one tree in the garden is sick, you have to care for it. But don’t overlook all the healthy trees. Even while you have pain in your heart, you can enjoy the many wonders of life — the beautiful sunset, the smile of a child, the many flowers and trees. To suffer is not enough. Please don’t be imprisoned by your suffering.
Thich Nhat Hanh
When we wake up in bed on Monday morning and think of the various hurdles we’ve got to jump that day, immediately we feel sad. Bored and bothered.
Whereas actually we’re just lying in bed.
Alan Watts
There are years that ask questions and years that answer
Zora Neale Hurston, 1891 – 1960 African American author and anthropologist
Through the most simple things which we do all the time,
we can feel out to which degree we honor everything with our inner attention.
Charlotte Selver
When the Lakota leader Sitting Bull was asked by a white reporter why his people loved and respected him, Sitting Bull replied by asking if it was not true that among white people a man is respected because he has many horses, many houses? When the reporter replied that was indeed true, Sitting Bull then said that his people respected him because he kept nothing for himself.
Joseph Bruchac, Sacred Giving, Sacred Receiving
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