Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
Maya Angelou
Tag: Joy
Sunday Quote: Not a dress rehearsal
Treat every moment as your last.
It is not a preparation for something else.
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
Being captivated by a song
We hear the birds sing,
and THAT
is the source of all
we see and
touch.
Hafiz
Sustainable sources
Once you are able to quiet the mind, you have a highly sustainable source of happiness. My friends, that is a life-changing insight. That suggests that happiness is not something we pursue, happiness is already there. Happiness is something we access, something we allow. Once you understand that, it changes everything in life.
Chade-Meng Tan
Widen the heart
Get yourself out of the way,
and let joy have more space.
Rumi
Life on your own terms
Give yourself permission not to be not good at something.
Quietly and softly carve out a life on your own terms. Stop apologizing.
Forgive that sometimes things take a while.
Forgive the low-level, near-constant fear.
Celebrate the small successes.
Perhaps joy is its own body of water, wade out into it.
From the blog of Meg Fee, Author of Places I stopped on the Way Home
(Photo from Bray Head, Valentia Island with Skellig Island on the horizon)
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