
Spirituality can be summed up in “Do what you have to do.” It’s about honoring your life, every moment of your life.
— Paulo Coelho
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.
— Gautama Buddha
- Sick Time, Only SickThis is the correct Zen sickness: sick time, only sick. No choice, no checking, not dependent, only sick. Then sick is not sick. This is high-class practice and a high-class… Read more: Sick Time, Only Sick
- It’s Time, She’ll SayIt’s Time, she’ll say, False prophet, that seeks flesh and gnaws the bone. — Ekphrasis: Her Expression by Yiannis Doukas, translated by A. E. Stallings
- I Am Too Alone In The World, And Yet Not Alone EnoughOnly someone who is ready for everything, who doesn’t exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound… Read more: I Am Too Alone In The World, And Yet Not Alone Enough
- When You Rise, Kiss The Tombstone Of Your PastWhen you rise, kiss the tombstone of your past and step barefoot into the garden of the future, the garden of infinitely forking paths — Maria Popova from poem How… Read more: When You Rise, Kiss The Tombstone Of Your Past
- But I Have My LifeBut I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there. — Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake I wish I could… Read more: But I Have My Life
- Never Feel Guilty For Starting AgainNever feel guilty for starting again. — Rupi Kaur from The Sun and Her Flowers
- The Impeded Stream Is The One That SingsIt may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work and that when we no longer know which way to go… Read more: The Impeded Stream Is The One That Sings
- You Only Got So Many DaysYou only got so many days. Don’t think about death; when you’re ready, death will think about you. Go out tonight with your friends… — D. A. Powell from poem… Read more: You Only Got So Many Days
- It’s All About My Own DeathIt’s all about my own “death” Everything is visible I don’t want to see it. — Aase Berg from poem Feminist Depression
- The Creative Process Is A Process Of SurrenderThe creative process is a process of surrender, not control. ― Julia Cameron The creative adult is the child who survived. ― Ursula Leguin Creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment.… Read more: The Creative Process Is A Process Of Surrender
- The Individual Can Stop Being What Others Want And Become Who He Truly IsBy honestly confronting the characteristics of our personalities that have gone off course — habits, identifications, manias, vices; narcissistic, antisocial, schizoid, and paranoid disorders; personal delusions, crazy ideas, depressive feelings,… Read more: The Individual Can Stop Being What Others Want And Become Who He Truly Is
- You Need To Grab Whatever Chance You Have Of Happiness Where You Find ItBut who can say what’s best? That’s why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much.… Read more: You Need To Grab Whatever Chance You Have Of Happiness Where You Find It