an inside job

We either make ourselves happy or miserable.

The amount of work is the same

Carlos Castaneda

Sunday Quote: Wasting this moment

You are fooled by your mind

into believing that there is tomorrow,

so you may waste today

Ishin Yoshimoto, 1916 – 1988) Japanese Buddhist priest, founder of the Naikan meditation method

I can be happy

I am aware that happiness depends on my mental attitude, and not on external circumstances.

and that I can live happily in the present moment

simply by remembering that I already have more than enough conditions to be happy

Thich Nhat Hanh

Unseen

There is always something coming to birth

Even when we don’t desire it,
God is ripening.

Rilke, The Book of Hours I, 16

Not our fault

It’s a relief to know that pain comes with life

so that we can stop judging ourselves when it arises

Vidyamala Burch

Sunday Quote: speed

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Isaac Asimov