Think,Think,Think... For Yourself

Stop this day and night with me
and you shall possess the origin of all poems,
You shall possess the good of the earth and sun,
(there are millions of suns left,)
You shall no longer take things at second or third hand,
nor look through the eyes of the dead,
nor feed on the spectres in books,
You shall not look through my eyes either,
nor take things from me,
You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self.

- Walt Whitman

Placid and Self-Contained

I think I could turn and live with animals,
they are so placid and self-contained.
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition.
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.

-Walt Whitman

Like the Moon

Desire, Deeds and Destiny

You are what your deep, driving desire is.

As your desire is, so is your will.

As your will is, so is your deed.

As your deed is, so is your destiny.

- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV.4.5

The Mountain

I took the kids to Sundance today. I've been on many occasions but today was the first time I noticed this:

Thanks Bob, love it.

About Love

"Love is an act of faith, not an exchange."

"Contradictions are what make love grow. Conflicts are what allow love to remain by our side."

"Life is too short for us to keep important words like 'I love you' locked in our hearts."

"And yet, even when Love does not appear, we remain open to its presence. Sometimes, when loneliness seems about to crush everything, the only way to resist is to keep on loving."

- Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

Pace Yourself

- Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

Feeling

Feeling like this today...

 

My Best

"If you do your best in the search for personal freedom, in the search for self-love, you will discover that it's just a matter of time before you find what you are looking for."

- Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements

Eyes Closed

"Living is easy with eyes closed,
misunderstanding all you see..."
- John Lennon