It’s not what we are doing that is important, but the care, kindness, and integrity we put into even the smallest thing.
Do not seek to do extraordinary things;
Just do ordinary things with extraordinary love.
Saint Francis de Sales, whose feast day was yesterday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 10
The forest is peaceful , why aren’t you?
You hold onto the things that are causing you confusion.
Let nature teach you. Hear the birdsong, then let go.
If you know nature, you’ll know the truth
If you know truth, You’ll know nature
Ajahn Chah
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between
the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions
and the discomfort of being ruled by them
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
To be human is to be a conversation between what we think we know and the great mystery that surrounds us.
We are not here to conquer that mystery, but to live inside it, to let it shape us, to let it ask its impossible questions of us.
David Whyte, Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity
Become at ease with the state of “not knowing.” This takes you beyond mind because the mind is always trying to conclude and interpret. It is afraid of not knowing. So, when you can be at ease with not knowing, you have already gone beyond the mind. A deeper knowing that is non-conceptual then arises out of that state.
Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks
My rule is this: Love your own tender self. Forgive yourself for being a flawed, imperfect, bumbling human. Shower yourself with warmth. And then extend that tenderness, and forgiveness, and warmth toward every flawed, imperfect, bumbling human who crosses your path today. Every day, increase the warmth toward self and others. See past your annoyance and your pride and your fear into the warm heart of the other. Warmth to warmth. And then watch what unfolds. It will blow your mind with its simplicity and its power.
Elizabeth Lesser
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