janvier 2011
41 billets
“You need not do anything.
Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not...”
– Franz Kafka (via oceanofmind)
“So many people are shut up tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would...”
– Initiation by Sylvia Plath (via lacouronne)
"The funny thing is, nobody really ever knows how...
“Give without expectation.
Love without being loved first.
Show humility to...”
– Dad-isms (via kari-shma)
“Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone’s bad qualities because...”
– Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)
Anon.
Away she hurried, not beautiful, not supremely brilliant, but filled with something that took place of both qualities- something best described as a profound vivacity, a continual and sincere response to all that she encountered in her path through life.
From Walt Whitman
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
From R. W. Emerson
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
Quote from Thich Nhat Hanh
We all have the tendency to struggle in our bodies and in our minds. We believe that happiness is only possible in the future. The realisation that we have already arrived, that we don’t have to travel any further, that we are already here, can give us peace and joy. The conditions for our happiness are already sufficient. We only need to allow ourselves to be in the present moment, and we...
Thoughts
You talk about self-esteem and the negative effects of our consumer society, but there is always the choice to be who you want, that is the real you. To rise above these negative aspects of society you do not need to reject them or fight against them. You must search deep within yourself to find inner peace.
This will take a long time and a lot of effort and struggle. Several times you may think...
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish...”
– Anaïs Nin (via kari-shma)
