When outward praise and gain are forgotten,
the body rests in calm
When inward thinking and worrying cease,
the heart returns to peace.
Anonymous Taoist, late Qing dynasty, Secret Records of Understanding the Way.
Outward and inward
Being able to bend
The tree is made strong and resilient by its grounded root system. These roots take nourishment from the ground and grow strong. Grounding also allows the tree to be resilient so that it can yield to the winds of change and not be uprooted. Springiness is the facility to ground and ‘unground’ in a rhythmical way. This buoyancy is a dynamic form of grounding.
Peter Levine, Walking the Tiger
All things, including grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life;
dry and brittle in death.
Stiffness is thus a companion of death,
flexibility a companion of life
Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching 76
Slow
Life is so short,
we should all move slowly.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Sunday quote: home
When we release that striving
for somewhere else and something else,
we come home.
Karen Maezen Miller
Self care
A long weekend in Ireland
I live by the truth that “No” is a complete sentence.
I rest as a spiritual act.
Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Float
We could try this in this new month
We spend so much energy trying to control the small things: This poem invites us to stop bracing and asks: what if you trusted that your own letting go is no different? Maybe the best approach is a lightness of touch.
Simply trust
Do not the cherry blossom petals gently float down
just like that?
Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1828
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