Eternity is not infinity
It is not a long time
It does not begin at the end of time
It does not run parallel to time
In its entirety it always was
In its entirety it will always be
It is entirely present always
Wendell Berry, Leavings
Tag: Life
In between
Sometimes, to get from where we are to where we are going, we have to be willing to be in-between…..Being in-between isn’t fun, but it’s necessary. It will not last forever. It may feel like we’re standing still, but were not. We’re standing at the in-between place. It’s how we get from here to there. It is not the destination. We are moving forward, even when we’re in-between. Today, I will accept where I am as the ideal place for me to be. If I am in-between, I will strive for the faith that this place is not without purpose, that it is moving me toward something good.
Melodie Beattie
Openness
Your relationship to time reveals your capacity to trust that whatever is present each day, you can handle; otherwise it would not be there. The surprising or unexpected happenings of each day reveal your attachments and teach you about your ability or inability to remain flexible. In what ways are you manifesting the 5 simple qualities of childlike openness:
Not worrying about your daily bread
Not complaining when you fall sick
Sharing whatever you have
When you fight or quarrel, not holding a grudge and making up quickly
Showing your vulnerability when frightened or threatened.
Angelus Arrien
Sunday Quote: No bitterness
To wander in the fields of flowers,
pull the thorns from your heart.
Rumi
Leaving a mark
Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said….It doesn’t matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that’s like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime
Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451
Sunday quote: How we work with things
It’s not the load that breaks you down.
It’s the way you carry it
C.S. Lewis
