“Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things they are transformed.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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Tag: awareness
Like the sun
Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things they are transformed.
Quote: Thich Nhat Hanh
Photo: unknown
Lightly child, lightly
I am again at a moment in my life when the value of time has become bright and focused. I sit on my porch to watch the wind blow across the mountains providing a way for trees to bend in gratitude. If there is energy to draw or read or pray, I use it with an awareness of how different things could be.
This is healing time, I know. Yet I still hear the call to ‘pay attention’. It can come from surprising places but it is the same. ‘Pay attention’ – as I read this entry from David Kanigan I was once again reminded…
It’s just time:
the book I read,
the letter I write,
the window I look out of.
Just a sleeve I keep trying to mend,
the spool diminishing.
Just my one hand writing words,
my other hand weighing the silences between them.
Li-Young Lee, The Winged Seed: A Remembrance
Notes:
- Quote Source: Memory’s Landscape. Photo:Benoit Courti (via mennyfox55)
- Prior “Lightly child, lightly” Posts? Connect here.
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
Of wonder and delight
May this new day bring a sense of wonder and the surprise of delight! Stay awake – theses moments last as long as fingers can snap. Be curious – these moments are never found in the obvious places.
Carrie's Bench 
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