“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
— Helen Keller
Quotations
Orinoco Flow
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain This morning during a leisurely breakfast I listened to … Read more
Ego and Spirit
“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” — Frederick Buechner Ego and Spirit What is this energy that I feel?What is this unseen handThat guides my pathIs it spirit or is it ego?Tell me please. December 2, 2015
Freedom
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau We forged those chainsLink by linkDesire on top of desireThought following thoughtAttachment to the loftyAttachment to the mundaneIt is all the same.Why do we search?Can we seek what we do not know?What is the thing sought for?What is our heart’s desire?Do we not … Read more
Duty and Joy
The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there wee no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse. Helen KellerQuoted in National Geographic, Daily Joy Duty and JoyIt begins out of caringYou want to help anotherThen you … Read more
Your Light Within
What lies behind usand what lies before usare small matterscompared to what lieswithin us Ralph Waldo Emersonquoted in Daily Joy from the National Geographic Society Your Light WithinYou see the smiling facesOf people who have followed a pathWhich brought health and happiness to themAnd you wonder, why not me?Is there something lacking in meSomething I … Read more
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
One Beautiful Thing Experience one beautiful thing a day. However small. However trivial. Read a poem. Play a favorite song. Laugh with a friend. Gaze at the sky just before the sun’s final tumble toward night. Watch a classic movie. Eat a slice of lemon drizzle cake. Whatever. Just give yourself one simple reminder that … Read more
Growth
We grow through hard times. Growth is change. And when everything is easy, we have no reason to change. The most painful moments in life expand us. And when the pain leaves, space remains. Space we can fill with life itself. Matt Haig, The Comfort Book GrowthIt was brave of you to open upAlthough you … Read more
There Was a Child Went Forth
National GeographicDaily GratitudeFebruary 19 Every child begins the world again. Henry David Thoreau There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder or pity or love or dread, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain … Read more
The Tears of Autumn
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state than to be hopelessly in love with spring. George Santayana The Tears of Autumn Let the feelings comeDo not hold them backAllow the stillness of this momentTo enter into your heart and soulThe trees of autumn have beautyBut their leaves will fallAnd winter will … Read more