Happiness is a butterfly
which, when pursued, is always beyond your grasp,
but which, if you sit down quietly,
may light upon you
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Stop chasing
Tag: Mindfulness
The painful illusion
Our sense of incompletion comes not from lacking something, but from the stubborn and relentless act of comparing ourselves to others. The flower doesn’t look at its neighbor and think, I should be taller, or redder, or more like a rose. It just unfolds in the sun, moment by moment, wholly itself.
We, however, are caught in the painful illusion that we must be better than or different from who we are to be worthy of love. But the lesson of the flower is clear: There is no other. There is only this – this moment, this self, this blooming.
Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
Travelling
Happiness is not a destination but a manner of traveling.
It’s the willingness to see the gifts in what is, rather than longing for what isn’t.
Katrina Kenison, The Gift of an Ordinary Day
Sunday quote: What we aim for
With what can I compare this life of mine?
A boat drifting aimlessly on the water.
Ryōkan, 1758–1831, Zen poet,
trust the process
Alert to the needs of the journey
those on the path of awareness
like swans, glide on,
leaving behind their former resting places
Dhammapada 91
a real break
What you need,
what we all need, is silence,
Stop the noise in your mind,
in order for the wondrous sounds of life to be heard
Thich Nhat Hahn
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