No despair of ours can alter the reality of things,
or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there.
Indeed we are in the midst of it, and it is in the midst of us,
for it beats in our very blood, whether we want it to or not.
Yet the fact remains that we are invited to forget
ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the winds and join in the
general dance.
Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
The world is full of magic things,
patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
W.B. Yeats
wild flower photo by Ellen van Kalmthout
It is very important that you only do what you love to do.
You may be poor, you may go hungry, you may lose your car, you may have to move into a shabby place to live, but you will totally live.
And at the end of your days you will bless your life because you have done what you came here to do.
Otherwise, you will do things only for a reason, to please other people, and you will never have lived.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Water is free from the birth
and death of a wave.
Thich Nhat Hahn
waiting to be born.
David Whyte, The House of Belonging
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