“If you have spent your whole life becoming somebody and having something, the beginning of awakening requires you to turn around and start the journey in the other direction, towards becoming nothing, becoming nobody, and having nothing. It would seem to make the entire first part of your life meaningless or like some sort ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 1st July”
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Thought for the day, Wednesday 30th June
“Everything is beautiful and I am so sad. This is how the heart makes a duet of wonder and grief. The light spraying through the lace of the fern is as delicate as the fibers of memory forming their web around the knot in my throat. The breeze makes the birds move from branch toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 30th June”
Thought for the day, Tuesday 29th June
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us… Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 29th June”