keeping small

to walk humbly with thy God

… and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8

abandon the struggle for private happiness

To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things — this is emancipation, and this is the free man’s worship. Bertrand Russell : A Free Man’s Worship, 1903

close your eyes in prayer

close your eyes in prayer and tell me what you see.

gentle body, gentle mind

Meditation is practicing gentleness with the body, gentleness with the mind. I start the day gentle with my body, gentle with the mind. It is a practice of letting go. There are so many things that I carry in my body, in my mind. Unnamed burdens that keep my stomach on edge. It’s muscles angry [...]

for all that has been, thank you

For all that has been, thank you. For all that is to come, yes. Dag Hammarskjöld : Markings

unthankfulness is theft

Unthankfulness is theft. Martin Luther

there i saw hope barbed as barbed wire

A night drive to Ein Yahav in the Arava Desert, a drive in the rain. Yes, in the rain. There I met people who grow date palms, there I saw tamarisk trees and risk trees, there I saw hope barbed as barbed wire. And I said to myself: That’s true, hope needs to be like [...]

briohny kate smyth for equinox

Yoga By Equinox, posted with vodpod

a man diligent in his business

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. Proverbs 22:29

the tractor

snowflakes on eyelashes boots crunch through icy snow spoon cracks through creme brulee phyllis, do you know how to drive a tractor?