The most common way people give up their power,
is by thinking they don’t have any.
Alice Walker
Sunday Quote: Power
Tag: Life
A big empty space
A long weekend here in Ireland.
My home can be anywhere, heaven or earth.
All I need is room in my heart.
And a good source of water, of course.
You need room in your heart . . . a big empty space
To sort out what’s real from what’s not.
Hsu Yun, 1840 – 1959, renowned and influential Chinese Chan Buddhist master
Holding things lightly
Life is not as serious as my mind makes it out to be.
Eckhart Tolle
What’s known and unknown
Look at love – how it tangles
with the one fallen in love
look at spirit – how it fuses with earth
giving it new life.
Why are you so busy with this or that, or good or bad –
pay attention to how things blend.
Why talk about all the known and the unknown –
see how the unknown merges into the known
Rumi, Look at Love [extract]
Sunday Quote: Good
What matters is the good we did
Not the good we expected others to do.
Elizabeth Lesser, Broken Open: How Difficult Times can Help us Grow
The best season
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.
Wu Men Hui-k’ai, 1183 – 1260, Chinese Chan master
Stephen Mitchell translation
