Empty Page

Be an empty page,
untouched by words.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

The Story We Carry

Aging is not for the weak. One day you wake up
and realize that your youth is gone, but along with it,
so go insecurity, haste, and the need to please.
You learn to walk more slowly, but with greater certainty.
You say goodbye without fear, and you cherish those
who stay. Aging means letting go, it means accepting,
it means discovering that beauty was never in our skin,
but in the story we carry inside us.

Meryl Streep

Those Who See Us With Their Heart

And in the end, I think we don't
need to do anything to be loved.
We spend out lives trying to look
prettier, smarter. But I realized two things.
Those who love us see us with their heart
and attribute to us qualities beyond
what we actually have. And those who
do not want to love us will never be satisfied
with all our efforts. Yes, I really think
it's important to leave imperfections alone.
They are precious to understand
those who see us with their heart.

Frida Kahlo

It Was Enough

If even one person
on the boat
remained calm,
it was enough.

Jack Kornfield

Receive the World

Paradoxical as it may seem, the purposeful life 
has no content, no point. It hurries on and on,
and misses everything. Not hurrying, the purposeless life
misses nothing, for it is only when there is no goal
and no ruch that the human senses are fully open
to receive the world.

Alan Watts

Out of Rain

Every storm
runs out of rain.

Maya Angelou

No Preferences

The infinite has no preferences.
It kisses both the darkness and
the light equally.

Wu Hsin