keeping small

to walk humbly with thy God

phyllisalyse — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:03:15 +0000

… 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

phyllisalyse — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:38:42 +0000

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

phyllisalyse — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:41:25 +0000

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

gentle body, gentle mind

phyllisalyse — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:15:33 +0000

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 and twisted into a fist. Every slow and purposeless breath a letting go. Setting the weight down. Casting the irons off. So, that I may be free.

for all that has been, thank you

phyllisalyse — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:34:43 +0000

For all that has been, thank you.
For all that is to come, yes.

Dag Hammarskjöld : Markings

unthankfulness is theft

phyllisalyse — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:46 +0000

Unthankfulness is theft.

Martin Luther

there i saw hope barbed as barbed wire

phyllisalyse — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:46:59 +0000

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 barbed wire to keep out despair,
hope must be a mine field.

Yehuda Amichai : Ein Yahav

briohny kate smyth for equinox

phyllisalyse — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:54:05 +0000

Yoga By Equinox, posted with vodpod

a man diligent in his business

phyllisalyse — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:32:09 +0000

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

phyllisalyse — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:53:43 +0000

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