Journey

Do not fear going forward slowly;
Fear only standing still.

- Chinese Proverb
 
When you try to avoid pain,
fear is your guide
 

 

  
Take time to be friendly - 
it is the road to happiness
Take time to dream -
it is hitching your wagon to a star
Take time to love and be loved -
it is the privilege of the gods
Take time to look around -
it is too short a day to be selfish
Take time to laugh -
it is the music of the soul

-Old English
 
And in the end its not the years in your life that count. 
It's the life in your years.

-Abraham Lincoln
 

 

  
In order for one to see the candle light,
it must first be taken into a dark place.

-Sparrowhawk (Ursula K. Le Guin)
 
What lies behind us
and what lies before us
are small matters
compared to what
lies within us

-Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

 

  
Remember then that there is only one important time, and 
that time is now. The most important one is always the 
one you are with. And the most important thing is to do 
good for the one who is standing at your side. For 
these, my dear boy, are the answers to what is most 
important in this world. This is why we are here.

- The Three Questions by Jon J Muth
based on a story by Leo To Istoy
 
Do not imagine that he who seeks to comfort you now lives 
untroubled among the simple and quiet words that 
sometimes do you good. His life has much more 
difficulties and sadness and remains far behind yours. 
Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find 
these words.

- Rainer Maria Rilke
 

 

  
The Guest House

This being human is a guest-house
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
Some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrow,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture.

Still, treat each guest honorably.
he may be clearing you
out for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

-Say I Am You? Poems of Rumi
-Translation by Jon Moyne & Coleman Barks

 

 

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