Some Ideas

Wherever I am,
the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness.
It does not believe
that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the
old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains,
then crept into the pale mist.

~ Mary Oliver ~


When you no longer believe everything you think,
you step out of thought and see clearly
that the thinker is not who you are.

~ Eckhart Tolle ~


If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~


Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake…

~ Francis Bacon~