“One bears children and eventually launches them into society, praying they will make a favorable impression, attain a suitable status, or at least not be an embarrassment. Perhaps one has taught them something that will give them the strength to suffer the karma they were born with. Yet eventually children will do as they will.” —— Liza Dalby (from The Tale of Murasaki)
Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
Sometimes we just have to accept and respect, not understand
— (via emeraldfragments)
This 2-minute video is the greatest parable ever written (in my opinion).
Human beings may separate things into as many piles as we wish—separating spirit from flesh, sacred from secular, church from world. But we should not be surprised when God does not recognize the distinctions we make between the two. Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.
— Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World (via wewontneedlegs)
Don’t feel bad if people remember you only when they need you…
Feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind when there is darkness.
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring—it was peace.” ― Milan Kundera
— (via doberdork)
You know the world is broken when there is more nutrition in a rich man’s shampoo than on a poor man’s plate.
— Parlance of a frail, musings | #10 (via parlanceofafrail)
Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are.
— Frank Sinatra (via reeladdict)
It’s not where you’re from; it’s where you’re going.
It’s not what you drive; it’s what drives you.
It’s not what’s on you; it’s what’s in you.
It’s not what you think; it’s what you know. — (via tealography)
It’s not what you drive; it’s what drives you.
It’s not what’s on you; it’s what’s in you.
It’s not what you think; it’s what you know. — (via tealography)
