"I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company."

~ Cesare Pavese

Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.

~ Carl Sagan

Opening your mind and eyes when you are in distress.

I just loved this image and had to share it!

Paradise

“It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.”

― Thomas Mann

"Never Let Me Go" by Anne Magill

“It is the time you have wasted for your rose
that makes your rose so important.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"Where flowers dream" by Carolyn Quartermaine

“The crooked tree lives its life, while the straight tree ends up in planks.”
(Chinese proverb)

'We’re afraid of pain–we all are. But, all the good stuff–all the wisdom and courage we need to become the people we need to be next–is actually inside the pain.'

– Glennon Moyle Delton

'The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.'

~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Painting: "Room in a Dutch House", by Pieter Janssens Elinga

I so agree with that post Eva, after we experience everything, we have grown so much, that we become spiritual giants, thus, the experiences, good or bad ones, inrcease our ability to grow!

And we do!

Growing is a process of accumulating experiences, of any kind, good or bad or even indiferent!

"No matter how isolated you are
and how lonely you feel.
If you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will
come and seek you."

C.G. Jung

Pure love has no motive. It has nothing to gain.

'Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation which is not nurturing to the whole woman.'

~ Maya Angelou
Art by Vilhelm Hammershøi

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

~ John Lubbock, "The Use Of Life"
Photograph unknown

In silence we recognize the need to be at home with ourselves in order that we may go out to meet others, not just with a mask of affibility, but with real commitment & authentic love.

~ Thomas Merton
Painting by Marcel Rieder

"Show us how precious each day is,
teach us to be fully here.
And let the work of our hands prosper ...."

(Photo credit: Amy MacDonald)

this is true..

Nice quote, Carmen 🌼

"Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.”

~ Daphne Rose Kingman

God, help us to measure these moments of mystery;
to hallow the sacred in all that we do.
Throughout every season may we be your agents
of love, joy, and blessing as hearts are renewed."

- John Oldham

Wer wenig bedarf,
kommt nicht in die Lage,
auf vieles verzichten
zu müssen.

~ Plutarch

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Photography Christoph Kutner

I will never give explanations for my needs of solitude.
There are no sorrows, no melancholy, no depression.
They are found.
I feel safe in the quiet.
I have the feeling of freedom.

“A flower does not
think of competing
with the flower
next to it.
It just blooms.”

~ Zen Shin

Art: Marney Ward, (BC/Canada)

“Wherever there are birds, there is hope.”

— Mehmet Murat Ildan
Art by Lucy Grossmith

Happy Halloween!

"I like to imagine, walking on certain roads, that I marked them, I sowed them with orange peels, so that I would not forget them."

~ Cella Serghi, from, "This sweet burden, youth"

🖤 Robin Williams 🖤 once said: "I think the people who have experienced the most sadness are the ones who are always trying to make other people happy. Because they know firsthand what it's like to feel empty and depressed, and they don't want anyone else to feel that way." 🤍

I agree with him!

Thanks, Eva, for posting this!

Simple words can make such a difference to someone's days

"… I do not hate. I do not poison my soul by hating someone. I prefer indifference. It is cleaner, more comfortable, more effective. And I choose the smile. It is more elegant, more striking, wiser. I prefer to move away, not to complain , to shut up, to learn my lesson. And not to forget. - "Because I'm a strong woman, I tell myself: Tomorrow I have work."

- Margaret Mitchell

"The friendship of a cat is more healing than tons of medicine."

- Enzo Jannacci

I totally agree!

Mais dans certains cas, continuer, continuer, voilà ce qui est surhumain.
~ Camus.
Bon week-end...❄🍂🍁

So true, Luna, Mooji is so right!

And the Self is only One!

We humans build to frame a life
with meaning, love, and feeling,
but time or hate can bring collapse
and loss can leave us reeling.
Let faithful souls from rubble rise
to find new ways from sorrow
and slowly, slowly form a shape
to welcome Gods tomorrow.

Words: Ruth Duck, copyright © 2001

Beautiful and meaningful rhyme!

Happy Holidays to all!

“There's an Afghan proverb (dil ba dil rah dara) which roughly translates to "there is telepathy between hearts" and the sheer beauty of that makes me melt.”

- Rubab Zaidi

Image: "The Travels of the Soul" by Howard Pyle, published in "The Century Magazine", December (1902)

“We speak of You in many names
You who are beyond all naming.
So take our words and bathe them
in your radiant silence, so that
we might learn to praise You
Beyond our words in every way
we can and in all that is.” - Meister Eckhart

Don't worry, be hoppy. 

Medieval Bunny from Aldobrandino da Siena's Régime du corps (Cambridge University Library, MS Ii.5.11)

"My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves."

― Hermann Hesse