When I begin to doubt that I have what it takes to stay present with impermanence, egolessness, and suffering, it uplifts me to remember Trungpa Rinpoche’s cheerful reminder that there is no cure for hot and cold.
There is no cure for the facts of life.
Pema Chödrön. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
Often, we focus only on the final goal and feel overwhelmed by its scale. The journey itself is the true architect of achievement.
‘Step by step, a path;
stone by stone, a cathedral,’
my great-grandfather used to say.
Phil Cousineau Stoking the Creative Fires: 9 Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination
A zen-like poem. What seems like a loss becomes clarity to see more riches.
Each day, less leaves
in the tree outside my window.
More leave, and every day
more sky. More of the far,
and every night more stars.
Li-Young Lee, Leaving
Religion for the dervishes is searching….
for it is the custom of kings to
bury treasures in deserted places.
Qadi Husayn Maybudi, 1449 – 1504, Iranian scholar
Our suffering often comes, not from events themselves, but from the narratives we build around them, a process that almost always places our “self” at the center of the universe
I should be content
to look at a mountain
for what it is
and not as a comment
on my life.
David Ignatow, American poet and editor
Don’t Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream.
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements. Second Agreement
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