What good is it to live with nothing left to give, forget but not forgive, not loving all you see?

~ Coldplay

loving all we see…

it’s important to define what this can mean.

loving all we see is not an approval of what is harmful, what is cruel, of what is injustice or inequality, or of what is violent and destructive.

loving all we see is our response to a world with injustice and inequality, with violence and destruction, with what is harmful and cruel.

loving all we see, is loving justice, loving equality, and working toward these things, bringing what is healing to the world.

our love is an offering of heart, of hope, of peace.

our life as an offering.

love it all.

~j

#LoveItAll #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #ThisPassingLife #MakeItCount #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

Our personal attempts to live humanely in this world are never wasted. Choosing to cultivate love rather than anger just might be what it takes to save the planet from extinction.

~ Pema Chödrön

#love #anger #life #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

True commitment and true love have no ‘ifs.’ They are not shaken by passing circumstances.

~ Charlotte Joko Beck

#love #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #commitment #practice #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

#NeverForget #WeRemember

#HolocaustMemorialDay

#HolocaustRemembranceDay

#enso #JMWart

being kind can be a courageous act!

kindness often causes us to move beyond our fears, our own prejudices and ignorance. the call to act with kindness can reveal the walls that we have built around our hearts.

it takes courage to move beyond our fears, to open our hearts to something or someone new, to learn, to grow, and to remove these walls around our hearts so we are free to be kind and act with kindness.

~j

#BeBrave #BeKind #kindness #courage #OpenHeart #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

~

Martin Luther King, Jr.

#BeLove #light #love #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #MLKjr #MLKday #MLK90 #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #JMW

Tansheng was making tea.

“Who is the tea for?” Daowu asked.

“There is someone who wants it.”

“Why doesn’t he come himself?”

“Fortunately I’m here to do it.”

~ from “Chan Heart, Chan Mind” by Master Guojun

#WhyWait #DoGoodNow

#WeAreTheOnesWeAreWaitingFor

#offering #service #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #tea #enso #JMWart

“Wherever you stand

be the soul of that place.”

~ Rumi

Rumi quote, Buddha statue.

#wisdom #presence #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #Rumi #Buddha #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #JMWphotography

…just in case you are looking.

this precious life is you, it’s this moment, open and available.

be curious, be kind.

#TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #life #here #PresentMoment #practice #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

for the heart

for the soul

staying open

we are whole

there is no “other”

~j

…late night enso.

#TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #NoOther #EngagedBuddhist #SitDownRiseUp #Zen #Enso #JMWart