The wise person leans on a pillar that is never shaken,
Travels a road that is never blocked,
is endowed from a resource that is never exhausted,
and learns from a teacher that never dies.
They are successful In whatever they undertake, and arrive wherever they go.
Whatever they do, they embrace destiny and go along without confusion.
Wen-tzu, Taoist, disciple of Lao Tzu
Happy are those who know
behind all words, the Unsayable stands,
and from that source, the Infinite
crosses over to gladness, and us.
Free of those bridges we raise
with constructed distinctions;
so that always, in each separate joy,
we gaze at the single, wholly mutual core.
Rilke, Happy are those who know, translated by Jane Hirshfield
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things
Henry Ward Beecher, 1813 – 1887, American social reformer.
The rivers will return to their beginnings.
The wind will cease in its turning about.
Trees instead of budding will tend to their roots.
Old men will chase a ball, a glance in the mirror –
They are children again.
The dead will wake up, not comprehending.
Till everything that happened has unhappened.
What a relief! Breathe freely, you who have suffered much.
Czesław Miłosz
Embrace uncertainty.
Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later
Bob Goff, 1959 – , lawyer and author
Occasionally, weep deeply over the life you hoped would be. Grieve the losses.
Then wash your face. Trust God.
And embrace the life you have.
John Piper, Theologian and Pastor
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