For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. – khalil gibran (special thanks to amanda for putting me onto his writings)
we cannot waste time. we can only waste ourselves. – george m. adams
every day, think as you wake up: today i am fortunate to have woken up: i am alive. i have a precious human life; i am not going to waste it. i am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. i am going to have kind thoughts towards others, i am not [...]
don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries – astrid alauda
a penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. – samuel grafton
Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. -Robert Fulghum
against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand. -mark twain
Learn to pause… or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you. – doug king
it takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it. – pablo casals
reality doesn’t bite; rather, our perception of reality bites. – anthony d’angelo
