A human be-ing now

"Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly; violent people love violently; weak people love weakly; stupid people love stupidly." -Toni Morrison in The Bluest Eye

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, But to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, But for the heart to conquer it. Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield, But to my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved, But hope for the patience to win my freedom. Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone, But let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.- Rabindranath Tagore

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." -the fox talking to The Little Prince

A student asks a master how long it would take him to become enlightened if he practiced diligently, and the master says 10 years. And the student asks how long it would take him if he practiced twice as hard, and the master says 20 years. And the student says, wait a minute, you just said 10 years. and the master says, for you it will be 30 years. -from an audio of Tara Brach

“She silently stepped out of the race she never wanted to be in, found her own lane, and proceeded to win”. -Unknown

"There comes a point when holding on begins to hurt more than letting go." -Joanna Shakti

"You pile up enough tomorrows and you'll find you've collected nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays." Harold Hill speaking to Marian the Librarian in the movie "The Music Man"

Live Your Life-Chief Tecumseh "So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view,and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living.If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing,for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die,be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death,so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more timeto live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.”

"If you can meet your relationship as you meet yourself then you will see the flowering of the potential of what we call love relationships. Then relationships are not in fact relationships. They are in fact oneself discovering oneself deeper in different form, in different manifestation. Then these so-called relationships are vehicles for the deepest truth." -Gangaji, from "Who Am I"