Old Age

Old age transfigures
or fossilizes.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Faith

Faith is not a belief.
Faith is what is left
when your beliefs have
all been blown to hell.

Ram Dass

No Longer Accepting

I'm no longer accepting
the things I cannot change ...
I'm changing the things
I cannot accept.

Angela Davis

God Alone

The lovers of God
have no religion
but God alone.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

Suffering Over the Suffering

There will always be suffering. But
we must not suffer over the suffering.

Alan Watts

For a Lifetime

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when
two people have been looking at each other
for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

Amy Bloom

Believe Them As They See It

In order to empathize with someone's experience,
you must be willing to believe them as they see it
and not how you imagine their experience to be.

Brene Brown

Thunder Inside

When I am silent, I have
thunder hidden inside.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

The Thorns Too

For the benefit of the roses,
we water the thorns too.

Kari Hohne

Trauma Decontextualized

Trauma decontextualized in a person
looks like personality.
Trauma decontextualized in a family
looks like family traits.
Trauma decontextualized in a people
looks like culture.

Resmaa Menakem

A Very Intelligent Idiot

There is so much to read.
There are so many concepts.
There are so many teachings.
You will become a
very intelligent idiot.

Robert Adams

Nothing More Powerful

Nothing is more powerful than
an idea whose time has come.

Victor Hugo

Until It Is Faced

Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

James Baldwin

Yes I Am

Am I good enough?
Yes, I am.

Michelle Obama

Clarke's Three Laws

1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that
something is possible, he is almost certainly right.
When he states that something is impossible, he is
very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible
is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic.

Arthur C. Clarke

Also There are Buddhas

Where there are people
there are flies, and also
there are Buddhas.

Issa

So Do the Wise

As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or
disturb the color and fragrance of the flower,
so do the wise move through the world.

Buddha

Go Slowly

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Hit It!

There's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas,
half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark out, and we're wearing
sunglasses. HIT IT!

Jake Blues

Your Naturalness

Your naturalness is something you don't have to know.
You just have to let that function in its own way.

U.G. Krishnamurti

The Quiet Observer

Sometimes it is
the quiet observer
who sees the most

Kathryn Nelson