Tag: Life

Sunday Quote: Words and silence

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You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Surprised by joy

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Our life journey contain many twists and turns and we all make mistakes along the way. And yet, Spring returns

I write, 

erase, 

rewrite.

Erase again, and then…

A poppy blooms.

Hokusai, 1760 – 1849, Japanese painter, printmaker

An ongoing work

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When we get our spiritual house in order, we’ll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don’t expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty

Flannery O’Connor, 1925 – 1964. American novelist, Letter to Louise Abbott

Living your life

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It is not about achieving your dreams but living your life.

If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

As it is

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The biggest error we make in our life … is to think that … our life just as it is, with all of its problems, … has something wrong with it. And because we think that, we get busy... Our life is always all right. … But since we refuse to accept life as it is, because of our preference for things that are pleasurable, we pick and choose from life.

Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen

Asking the dog

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Love, love, love, says Percy.
And hurry as fast as you can
along the shining beach, or the rubble, or the dust.

Then, go to sleep.
Give up your body heat, your beating heart.
Then, trust.

Mary Oliver, I Ask Percy How I Should Live My Life