Deep blue water
Clear fresh sky
Rich brown earth
What precious gems!
What temporary miracles!
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To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children; to earn the
appreciation of honest critics and endure
the betrayal of false friends;to appreciate beauty,
to find the best in others;to leave the world a bit better, whether by
a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed
social condition; to know even one life has
breathed easier because you have lived.This is to have succeeded.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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the fruit falls when its ready
the weed is pulled when its ready
the goal is acheived in its own time
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RIP Mr Cohen
Leonard Cohen, a great singer/song writer, poet, and Zen practitioner has passed away. Perhaps best known for the song Hallelujah, which has been covered over and over by various artists, listening to his music i have no doubt the man achieved a great level of spiritual realization.
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(Source: pinterest.com, via power-of-now)
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"Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense.This new day is too dear,
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with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Collected Poems and Translations
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"You ask why I make my home
in the mountain forest
and I smile, and am silent,
and even my soul remains quiet:
It lives in the other world
which no one owns.
The peach trees blossom.
The water flows"— Li Po (via motherofhermes) -
Humbling River
I am the river, flowing forever
I am the watcher, seated on the bank
I am neither
I am both
I am
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“The rain has stopped, the clouds have drifted away, and the weather is clear again. If your heart is pure, then all things in your world are pure…then the moon and flowers will guide you along The Way.” — Ryokan