to begin this day…
to love without reservation…
opinions…
a timely excerpt from Pema Chodron’s book When Things Fall Apart…
in the mud, we begin to wake up…
right action…
letting go of joy…
…a note I wrote after listening to a talk by Pema Chodron. life is full of ups and downs, good times and hard times. both of these are fleeting, arising and passing away as is all life. non-suffering comes from our capacity to fully live each moment and then let go of that moment.
it’s so easy to let go of the hard times – no need to talk us into that! but even our good times can be filled with suffering if we are afraid to lose them. wouldn’t it be better – more enjoyable, knowing that we will lose them, to just really – fully enjoy them while they are present? then when it is time to say goodbye, we let go in gratitude for the joy we had in that moment.
~j
#impermanence #nonattachment #life #gratitude #suffering #PemaChodron
Memorial Day 2016…
the cost of war on our souls is too high to estimate. we should meditate on this.
in some ways we all bear the cost of war, but none more than those and the families of those who have sacrificed their lives in service. to them we should offer our deepest prayers and heartfelt gratitude. and it is to them and our children that we owe our pledge to work tirelessly for peace and an end to war.
~j
#MemorialDay2016 #gratitude #peace #meditation
bend…
“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”~ Bruce Lee
#BeFlexible #yield #flow #relax #LetGo #bend #trust #peace #QuickSketch #JMWart
peace is every step…
#PeaceIsEveryStep #ThichNhatHanh #calligraphy
the end does not justify the means. the means create and are their own end. if we plant seeds of harm and suffering, then we will have harm and suffering ~j
#peace #harm #suffering
The Metta Garden 