feelings first

cool mountain rain the scent of moss rises Basho

“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you?”  Rumi

If you want to take charge of your destiny, the first step is to take charge of your own body and mind. Sadhguru

You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality. Wayne Dyer

If the day and night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal - that is your success. Henry David Thoreau

a cloud of fireflies drifting through the evening reeds Basho

"When the soul begins to remember where it truly belongs, the noise of the world slowly fades into silence." Rumi

 “As you dissolve into love, your ego fades. You’re not thinking about loving; you’re just being love, radiating like the sun.”  Ram Dass

The most adventurous journey to embark on is the journey to yourself; the most exciting thing to discover is who you really are, the most treasured pieces that you can find are all the pieces of you, the most special portrait you can recognize is the portrait of your soul.  C. JoyBell C.

The meaning of life is found in openness to being and "being present" in full awareness. Thomas Merton

on the gate's post where the pony is tied... fresh green leaves Issa