I Can Never...

 

Ferdinand Keller

"I can never come to quietude 

if I do not sacrifice my agitation 

and my tensions. 

I cannot have a free attention 

if I do not sacrifice what keeps it enslaved. 

Everything I wish has to be paid for. 

If I wish to have a new state, 

I must sacrifice the old. 

We never get more than we give up. 

What we receive is proportional to what we sacrifice."

~Jeanne DeSaltzmann

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Gratitude's Door...

 

Gratitude's Door

This morning, gratitude

knocked softly on my heart

I opened—

and the Beloved entered

like light that needs no permission.

O Friend,

how easily we forget

the miracles hidden

inside each ordinary breath.

Let this day become

one quiet, shining prayer:

a simple thank-you

that walks, sees, remembers.

For when love awakens in us,

even sorrow turns to honey,

and the whole world whispers,

Everything is gift.

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The Highest Ideal.....

Cupid and Psyche- François Gérard

Have you ever been awakened by a kiss from a God? 

If you do, you had better serve her or she will

not save you from the dangerous beasts out there.

Love must be served or it will turn against you.

The highest ideal must be teaching people 

how to give and receive love;

Love that puts body, heart

and soul in harmony.

Mervyn Brady

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