#forebearance

What we feel so often deep in our hearts is not sadness but rather nostalgia. We go back and seek truth, divine clarity and wisdomful knowledge. We know that deep down we can never truly find peace in this world. Anything we gain out of it, will always undoubtedly lose its novelty. We seek security and certainty amidst the chaos of life seems to bring. Life is unpredictable and all it ever gives us are worries and anxiety. But Taqwa; the remembrance of our most Divine and where our soul belongs to, is what the soul needs for utter spiritual harmony.

Δει φέρειν τα των θεών.

- Euripides

雨にもまけず 風にもまけず 雪にも夏の暑さにもまけぬ 丈夫なからだをもち 慾はなく 決して瞋らず いつもしずかにわらっている 一日に玄米四合と 味噌と少しの野菜をたべ あらゆることを じぶんをかんじょうにいれずに

- Kenji Miyazawa 雨ニモマケズ, (Be not Defeated by the Rain)

Unbeaten by the rain Unbeaten by the wind Bested by neither snow nor summer heat Strong of body Free of desire Never angry Always smiling quietly Dining daily on four cups of brown rice Some miso and a few vegetables Observing all things With dispassion