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Posts from the ‘Enjoyment’ Category

Jun 25

Harness of WEIGHT

“Such weight, on the earth, is on our shoulders: gravity keeping us at home. But on the water we shake off the harness of weight; we glide; we are passengers of a sleek ocean bird with its single white wing filled with wind.”― Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

“What does it mean, say the words, that the earth is so beautiful? And what shall I do about it? What is the gift that I should bring to the world? What is the life that I should live?”― Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

What to put down.
Thoughts to rethink.
Assumptions to discard.
Kindness to offer.
Delight to bear.
To glide with grace.
Dance with light.
Dabble with joy.
Defy gravity.
Shake off the harness of weight.

“That’s the big question, the one the world throws at you every morning. “Here you are, alive. Would you like to make a comment?”― Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

Jun 9

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Sweet Moments, Simple Delights

“Gratitude makes sweet miracles of small moments.”― Mary Davis, Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace

“Maybe it’s time to decide I am going to wake with joy and enthusiasm each morning and treat myself to simple delights that awaken my soul. Maybe it’s time to bust out of my field of habit and sail over the split rail fence of new beginnings.”― Mary Davis, Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace

Joy and enthusiasm
Pauses and playgrounds
Hopping the split rail fences of new beginnings
We get to choose our mindset, daily
To steer the car
What we cling to and carry
What we let go and put down
Small offerings
Simple delights
The power of a smile
The lift of an encouraging word.

“It begins with the smallest offering of a smile or an encouraging word.”― Mary Davis, Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace

May 27

Enjoyment, Try It

“You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.”― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,
but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have
the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless
furnace of this world. To make injustice the only
measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.”
― Jack Gilbert, Refusing Heaven

Risk delight
Play, lighten up, laugh
Have fun
Not platitudes or naïve
Daily practices
Ways to walk in the world
A skip in your step
To not succumb to chaos
Gloom and doom
A counterbalance
Resilience and resistance
Simple, doable, plentiful
Joy spilling into action
Action spilling into joy
Stubbornness to accept gladness
Cast light

“We classify too much and enjoy too little.”― Okakura Kakuzō, The Book of Tea