To be in acceptance is to have a relationship with what you are impatient about – what you usually run away from. Acceptance goes beyond mere tolerance. (adapted from Gurdjieff – Talks on Transformation)
The amount of happiness that you have depends upon the amount of freedom that you have in your heart. Thich Naht Hahn
Science tells me Gd must exist, My mind tells me I will never understand god. And my heart tells me, I am not meant to. And that is okay. Dan Brown – Angels and Demons
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. Thomas Merton
Aging … invites you to become aware of the sacred circle that shelters your life. Within the harvest circle, you are able to gather lost memories and experiences, bring them together, and hold them as one. John O’Donohue
Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain productive for any length of time, no child can learn about life, no artist can create, no work can grow and be transformed. Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement. Paulo Coelho
Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you. Hafiz
Each soul is a gust of God’s breath unfolding in the great energy that surrounds us like an ever-moving stream. The goal is not to cheat death, but to live in the stream with a humility and aliveness that only acceptance of death can release. Mark Nepo
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