“On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a playful, joyous energy behind what you do.” –Eckhart Tolle “Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” –Buddha “The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.” ...
Letting go of material thingsLess roomWill this be doom?But the benefits to meLess housework you seeLower heating costsAnd a cozier houseSo now when I hear the termDownsizing meansLiving simply withThe things that mean something to me!Related:Growing Old PoemsPoems About HealthPoetry About Life...
Inspirational quotes by Langston Hughes “I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”―Langston Hughes “An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he m...
Peter watched him go. Brother Anthony’s complaints were nothing more than idle grumbling. Everyone knew the preparations had to take place on consecrated ground, where only those untouched by the world’s sins could receive the rituals from the Brethren of the Sacred Rite. Once the divine cere...
the shadows of trees traced on trees. I sit, still. The canyon river chants, moving mountains. The sermon spun on the still point: dropping off eternity, picking up time; letting go of self, awakened to Mind. Falling and rising - spheres of blackbirds. ...
Go write! When it comes to writing short stories, what do you find most challenging? Let me know in the comments. PRACTICE For today’s practice, let’s just take on Step #1 (and begin tackling the challenge I laid down a moment ago): Write the basic story idea, the gist of the ...
“First I saw that snake-green car, long and low and not quite Christian.” In “When Baptists Go Bad,” by H. Hodgkins, a story that proves there’s a solution for everything, at least in fiction. Happy Reading! Like this story? Share it, by clicking: ...
The world we live in is such an amazing place, and there are places I will never go to or get to see in person. Seeing these places in the movies might just be the closest I ever get to some of these places, so it's just another reason we can be thankful for the art of filmma...
Slowly, my family and I have grown to understand and be at peace with letting go of the “normal” idea of life. What is normal anyway? The punches that life throws in every family are tough, but the determination that grows from not giving up, at least for me, only draws you closer...
Even the very deadness of myemotiondid not bother me. The fact that my horns had hit made no difference, and even if they hadn't, the effect on me would have been the same. I was hollow, and no amount of someone else's blood would fill me. And so I stood, staring, letting tha...