The Heart...

 Martine Barnard

The heart must always come before the instinctive centre.

~O 

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If You Think...

 

If you think you are too small 

to make a difference,

try sleeping with a mosquito.

~His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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This Reminds Me ...

 

This reminds me of how I pick fruit and vegetables 

and in those moments 

I am choosing the ones with the blemishes on them intentionally.

I think they will be tastier in their imperfection. 

They have a story to tell my palate. 

The oddlier shaped the better! 

If they happen to be there in front of me 

I do not push them away with my eyes or hands. 

I honor them and their journey. 

So if I can do that for those edibles 

I can surely do that for myself! 

The beauty in imperfection - 

a gateway to acceptance.

~M

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Much Friction...

 

Much friction seems to come into our lives 

through our false personality, 

that either wants situations, 

people (including ourselves), 

to be different than they are. 

Our soul isn't seeking to change things, 

so much friction will evaporate 

when we live in our essence and experience life as it is,

without trying to change anything.

~J

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Our Union...

Edmund Blair Leighton 

Our Union is like this:

You feel cold

So I reach for a blanket to cover

Our shivering feet.

A hunger comes into your body

So I run to my garden

And start digging potatoes.

You ask for a few words of comfort and guidance,

I quickly kneel at your side offering you

This whole book-

As a gift.

You ache with loneliness one night

So much you weep

And I say,

Here's a rope,

Tie it around me,

Hafiz

Will be your companion

For life.

~Hafiz

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