Geese appear high over us,
pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their way, clear
in the ancient faith: what we need
is here. And we pray, not
for new earth or heaven, but to be
quiet in heart, and in eye,
clear. What we need is here.
Wendell Berry
Smile,
breathe
and go slowly.
Thich Nhat Hahn
photo daniel mayer
Nature does not hurry,
yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu
Life isn’t as serious as my mind makes it out to be.
Eckhart Tolle
photo pam
To listen to your soul is to stop fighting with life – to stop fighting when things fall apart; when they don’t go our way, when we get sick, when we are betrayed or mistreated or misunderstood. To listen to the soul is to slow down, to feel deeply, to see ourselves clearly, to surrender to discomfort and uncertainty and to wait.
Elizabeth Lesser.
All of us, from time to time, doubt our inner goodness and beauty. We have to rediscover it within or be reminded by others that it lies there:
Sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within
of self-blessing.
Galway Kinnell, St Francis and the Sow
photo NNU-12-22100555
