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Sep 28

The Sky or Just the Weather?

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.”― Pema Chödrön

“Take refuge in your senses, open up
To all the small miracles you rushed through.
Become inclined to watch the way of rain
When it falls slow and free.
Imitate the habit of twilight,
Taking time to open the well of color
That fostered the brightness of day.
Draw alongside the silence of stone
Until its calmness can claim you.
Be excessively gentle with yourself.
Stay clear of those vexed in spirit.
Learn to linger around someone of ease
Who feels they have all the time in the world.
Gradually, you will return to yourself,
Having learned a new respect for your heart
And the joy that dwells far within slow time.”
– John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us

Be claimed by calmness
Gentle spirit
Generous heart
Open hands
Rooted in the sky rather than the chaos of the weather
Color, beauty, light, peace to you this day
And may it flood the world

“Peace is not the absence of chaos — it’s learning what deserves your reaction.”― Runarok Hrafn

Aug 19

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Like Water Does

“Water is the most perfect traveler because when it travels it becomes the path itself!” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing, in the end, can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.” ― Margaret Atwood

River to rapids.
Steady to still.
Movement to pause.
Activity and busy mastered.
Pause and float.
The lesson to learn, to master.
Release control of the uncontrollable.
Tune out the noise, from yourself the most.
Hold what is yours to hold.
Do but also be, more.
Become the path.
Enjoy the daily journey.
Nowhere else to be but where you are now.
Do not miss the depth, breadth, expanse of the present.
Soon to be called, “remember when.”

“Surrender to the flow.” – Mike Gordon