Keep in mind that no matter how badly you feel things have been going, no matter how long it has been since you last meditated, you can always begin again. Nothing is lost; nothing is ruined. We have this very moment in front of us. We can start now
Sharon Salzberg
Once in a while
I just let time wear on,
leaning against a
solitary pine
standing speechless…
as does the whole universe!
Ah, who can share
this solitude with me?
Ryokan (1758 – 1831)
The future is made of the same stuff as the present
Simone Weil
At the end of the day, we discover that humility
– the strength to separate our sense of the meaning of life from what we do –
is the only real answer to lifelong happiness.
Joan Chittister, Aspects of the Heart
photo xlibber
Sometimes it takes a great sky
to find that
small, bright and indescribable
wedge of freedom
in your own heart.
David Whyte, The Journey
Noticing the space around people and things provides a different way of looking at them, and developing this spacious view is a way of opening oneself. When one has a spacious mind, there is room for everything. When one has a narrow mind, there is room for only a few things.
Ajahn Sumedho
