If you want a chicken to be a duck,
and a duck to be a chicken,
you will suffer.
and a duck to be a chicken,
you will suffer.
maandag 18 december 2017
One
day some people came to the master and asked:
How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
The master held up a glass and said:
Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight. I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table. I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it - incredibly.
How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
The master held up a glass and said:
Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight. I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table. I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it - incredibly.
zondag 17 december 2017
Don’t give them a taste of their own medicine.
They already know what it tastes like.
Give them a taste of your own
medicine.
If they lied, let your medicine be honesty.
If they played
with your emotions,
let your medicine be maturity.
Don’t be afraid to be
yourself,
even if it means removing yourself
from lives that you want
to be in.
You are, no doubt,
worthy of being valued for who you are.
So
be who you are.
Love isn’t only love, sweetheart.
It’s hard work, and trust, and tears, with even a few glimpses of devastation.
But at the end of each day, if you can still look at the person at your side and can’t imagine anyone else you’d rather have there, the pain, the heartache and the ups and downs of love are worth it.
- Nicole Williams -
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