Whatever arises, whether it’s pleasing or not, try to remember that all we can do is experience and work with whatever our life is right now.
No matter what life is and no matter how we feel about it, all that matters in practice is whether we can honestly acknowledge what is going on,
and then stay present with the physical experience of that moment.
Ezra Bayda, Zen Heart
This thought is present. I am aware of it.
That small space gives you freedom to choose your response.
Who am I,
standing in the midst of this
thought-traffic.
Rumi
Just as flowers and leaves
are only part of the plant
and just as waves are only part of the ocean
perceptions, feelings and thought
are only part of the self
Thich Nhat Hahn, The Sun my Heart
When the mind is calm, it’s like a an ocean that’s calm
the wind is still, the boat is not rocking
the water is clear, and the air wide open
Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo, 1907 – 1961
Free yourself from the illusion of good and bad days.
Labeling time makes us nostalgic of the past and demanding of the future.
There is only here and now.
Let it be.
Ram Dass
It is good, every once in a while
to let ourselves be stupefied by gratitude
to cast upon ourselves a spell against indifference
by moving through the world with an inner bow
at every littlest thing that prevailed
over the odds of otherwise in order to exist
Maria Popova
