Maybe that’s it, the meaning of life, or one of them, the best of them: to find the moments that are not the things that happen, but the things that finally are. To be there. To be in them. To feel the world hold its breath, and you holding yours with it, and know that in the stillness, in the quiet, in the waiting, there is everything
Niall Williams, This is Happiness
The forest is peaceful , why aren’t you?
You hold onto the things that are causing you confusion.
Let nature teach you. Hear the birdsong, then let go.
If you know nature, you’ll know the truth
If you know truth, You’ll know nature
Ajahn Chah
To be human is to be a conversation between what we think we know and the great mystery that surrounds us.
We are not here to conquer that mystery, but to live inside it, to let it shape us, to let it ask its impossible questions of us.
David Whyte, Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity
On this path, no effort is ever lost, nor can any harm come.
Even a little progress on this path is complete freedom from fear
Bhagavad Gita 2.40
Commentary by Gandhi: Even a little effort at selfless service saves one from the fear of being meaningless or useless.
The answer is never the answer. What’s really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you’ll always be seeking. I’ve never seen anyone really find the answer — they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.
Ken Kesey
We tend to think life should be the way we want it to be, the way we planned. But often, things don’t turn out that way.
In fact, they rarely do. And there’s wisdom in not expecting life to turn out the way we think or feel it ought to.
There’s wisdom in understanding that we are essentially clueless
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, I May Be Wrong: And Other Wisdoms From Life as a Forest Monk
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