The purpose of life is to bring forth goodness.
Now, in this life
Leo Tolstoy
Sunday Quote: Goodness
Tag: Joy
Independent yet dependent
Tozan, a famous Zen master, said:
“The blue mountain is the father of the white cloud. The white cloud is the son of the blue mountain. All day long they depend on each other, without being dependent on each other. The white cloud is always the white cloud. The blue mountain is always the blue mountain.”
This is a pure, clear interpretation of life. There may be many things like the white cloud and the blue mountain: man and woman, teacher and disciple. …They are quite independent, but yet dependent. This is how we live, and how we practice.
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
Patience, wait and see
The nature of rain is the same,
but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.
Arab Saying
Start with this right now
On the other hand, you could just relax and realize that, behind all the worry, complaint and disapproval that goes on in your mind, the sun is always coming up in the morning, moving across the sky, and going down in the evening. The birds are always out there collecting their food and making their nests and flying across the sky. The grass is always being blown by the wind or standing still. Food and flowers and trees are growing out of the earth. There’s enormous richness.
You could envelop your passion for life and your curiosity and your interest. You could connect with your joyfulness.
You could start right now.
Pema Chodron, The Wisdom of No Escape
Sunday Quote:Blessed
Sometimes I need only to stand
wherever I am
to be blessed
Mary Oliver, It was Early
Don’t hide love
Don’t hide love.
If you feel it, express it – not to demand that others love you back, but simply to live outwardly the best of what you feel inwardly.
The worst that can happen to your heart is not rejection by another person but failure to act on the love you feel.
Martha Beck
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