In a world that lives like a fist
trust is no more than waking
with your hands open.
Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
photo angie garrett
Tag: Life
Running
We are so engaged in doing things
to achieve purposes of outer value
that we forget the inner value,
the rapture that is associated with being alive
is what it is all about
James Campbell
photo adam Diaz
Our approach
What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures practiced careful rituals of approach. An encounter of depth and spirit was preceded by careful preparation. When we approach with reverence, great things decide to approach us. Our real life comes to the surface and its light awakens the concealed beauty in things. When we walk on the earth with reverence, beauty will decide to trust us. The rushed heart and arrogant mind lack the gentleness and patience to enter that embrace
John O’Donohue, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
A new month: The greatest gift
Will you ever bring a better gift for the world
than the breathing respect that you carry
wherever you go right now.
William Stafford, You Reading this, Be Ready
photo: niranjan ramesh
Alive
You think you are alive
because you breathe air?
Shame on you,
that you are alive in such a limited way.
Don’t be without Love,
so you won’t feel dead.
Die in Love
and stay alive forever.
Rumi
What changes
Awakening does not mean a change in difficulty,
it means a change in how those difficulties are met
Marl Epstein, The Trauma of Everyday Life
photo chris gunns
