We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake,
not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
Henry David Thoreau
Tag: Joy
Sunday Quote: Give in to joy
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. ….
Whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty.
Joy is not made to be a crumb.
Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems
All around
All has been consecrated.
The creatures in the forest know this,
the earth does, the seas do, the clouds know
as does the heart full of love.
Strange a priest would rob us of this
knowledge
and then empower himself
with the ability
to make holy what
already was.
St Catherine of Siena (1347–1380),
in Daniel Ladinsky, Love Poems from God:Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West
Being thankful
Years ago I had a Buddhist teacher in Thailand who would remind all his students that there was always something to be thankful for. He’d say, “Let’s rise and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we may have learned a little. And if we didn’t learn even a little, at least we didn’t get sick. And if we did get sick, at least we didn’t die. So let us all be thankful”.
Leo Buscaglia, Born for Love: Reflections on Loving.
Happening now
Our whole life can pass us by as we wait for something to happen…
You don’t go to heaven, you become heaven.
You don’t go to hell, you become hell.
And it’s happening now.
Richard Rohr
Celebrate each moment
Now every mortal has pain
and sweat is constant.
But if there is anything dearer than being alive,
it’s dark to me.
Euripides, Hippolytus, 428 BC
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