feelings first

summer rain passing the scent of pine returns Basho

Let Silence speak to you about the secrets of the universe. Rumi

“The Truth is the only thing you’ll ever run into that has no agenda.”  Adyashanti, 

The greatest act of courage is to be and to ownall of who you are - without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are. Debbie Ford

We all change the world, whether we intend to or not. And we always change the world for the better when we plant the seeds of kind thoughts and words.  Mary Davis

having appointed all the stars to their places the summer wind sleeps Richard Wright

Silence is the root of everything. If you spiral into its void a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear. Rumi

You are the solitary witness of all that is, forever free. Your only bondage is that you see yourself as someone else. Ashtavakra Gita

Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen. Epictetus

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. Joseph Campbell