Just as water, through consistent interaction, smooths the rough edges of the rock, so too can consistent love and compassion smooth the rough edges of our hearts as we continue to open to all of life around us.
~j
#TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #LoveWins #CompassionWins #OpenHeart #life #Zen #Buddhism
#TheShapeOfThings
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one of our greatest skills and assets, listening with our hearts.
~j
#listen #OpenHeart #wisdom #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #MindfulResistance #MeditateAndResist #TheResistance #Zen #Buddhism #enso #JMWart
darkness and struggle
light always finds a way through,
after night, the dawn
~j
#haiku #TheShapeOfThings
#BWphotography #photography #JMWphotography #JMWart
Don’t try to be someone else…
the cosmos has come together
and helped you manifest in this way, and you are beautiful just as you are.
To be beautiful means to be yourself.
~
Thich Nhat Hanh
you are. simple as that.
it takes courage to be authentic, to settle into who we are and all we have to offer through our talents and our open hearts, yet continue to open and grow. but it is our authenticity that benefits the world and connects us to others in a genuine way.
be you, be beautiful. it is your gift to this world.
~j
#YouAre #BeYou #BeBeautiful #authenticity #courage #presence #gift #OpenHeart #beauty #PlantingSeeds #TheLongArc #Zen #enso #JMWart
I will love the light
for it shows me the way,
yet I will endure the darkness
for it shows me the stars.
~
Og Mandino
#light #darkness #balance #meditation #JustSit #breathe #JMWart
“Light, landscape and sky.
There is no language of the holy.
The sacred lies in the ordinary.”
~
Ming-Dao Deng
#JustThis #presence #sacred #Tao #nature #life #Zen #Buddhism #enso #JMWart
The Metta Garden 