Mastery of life is the opposite of control. You align yourself with the greater consciousness. It acts, speaks and does the work.
— Eckhart Tolle.
- For My Part, I Prefer My Heart To Be BrokenFor my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack. — D.H. Lawrence Until this moment, I had not realized… Read more: For My Part, I Prefer My Heart To Be Broken
- Say That I Was StarvedSay that I starved; that I was lost and weary;That I was burned and blinded by the desert sun;Footsore, thirsty, sick with strange diseases;Lonely and wet and cold,… Read more: Say That I Was Starved
- Things Get Broken And Sometimes They Get Repaired…things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss,… Read more: Things Get Broken And Sometimes They Get Repaired
- You Be The GirlYou, over there, you be the girl In red sequins on the front of a card selling love. — Mary Jo Bang from poem February Elegy
- There Is No Rest For There Are Many Miles To WalkThere is no rest for there are many miles to walk in the small house, traveling past the same chairs, the same tables, the same glassy portraits on the walls, flowing into… Read more: There Is No Rest For There Are Many Miles To Walk
- Marriage Is A Recognition Of Spiritual IdentityWhen people get married because they think it’s a long-time love affair, they’ll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a… Read more: Marriage Is A Recognition Of Spiritual Identity
- There Is No Victory In The Mind But Desperate ValorThere is no victory in the mind, but desperate valor, shattering the four walls, disintegrating human love, until the iron-lidded mysterious eye (lowered carefully with the frail body under churchyard gardens) stares upward, luminous, inevitable, piercing… Read more: There Is No Victory In The Mind But Desperate Valor
- It’s Not The Shattering Itself That Breaks YouThe loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly. It’s not the shattering… Read more: It’s Not The Shattering Itself That Breaks You
- I Am Not The Whiskey You WantYou cannot travel the road until you yourself become the road. — Alan Watts I am not the whiskey you want. I am the water you need. —… Read more: I Am Not The Whiskey You Want