Wealth

 is the number of things 

one can do without.

- Dostoevsky -

 - Bob Dylan -

 

 

 Change is never painful, 

only the resistance to change

 is painful.

 

 Wawiriya Burton, 

senior Australian Aboriginal artist and healer who,

 in collaboration with her daughters,

 painted Mingkiri Tjukurpa, 2011 #WomensArt

 

The root of suffering 

is attachment 

 

 

 

 Pain teaches us 

what matters.

 

Chris Williamson, Walkies

 

 

 A truth heard by you

 ceases to be a truth 

when you merely repeat it.

 It will be a truth to you

 only when you,

 for yourself, 

have discovered it to be true.

 

 

 

 You don’t always need a plan.

 Sometimes you just need to breathe,

 trust,

 let go,

 and see what happens.

 

 

Waiting for the storm to come...
 

 

Not my best year 

but I've learnt a lot 

 

 

 

 You can remove a lot of anger in your life by not taking things personally. 

Most of the time, it is not about you, it is about them.

 Their fears, their pain, their insecurities.

- Gary Hensel -

Himalayas by black.sail

 

 

What if parenting became less about telling our children who they should be and more about asking them again and again forever who they already are?

 Then, when they tell us, we would celebrate instead of concede.

 It’s not: I love you no matter which of my expectations you meet or don’t meet.

 It’s: My only expectation is that you become yourself. 

The more deeply I know you, the more beautiful you become to me.

- Glennon Doyle, Untamed -

 

 

 - Foto:  Stefaan Temmerman -
 

As is steen

Ik ben de wereld
zowat overal
te lijf gegaan,
en als het nacht was
dacht ik: morgen
ga ik weer.
Pas als ik sterf
leg ik me erbij neer
dat ik bij leven
hard als steen lijk,
maar vergankelijk
ben als gras,
en dat mijn vuist,
net als mijn vloek,
niet meer is dan
een handvol as.

- Bart Moeyaert (1964) -

(Uit: Verzamel de liefde. Querido) 

Photography Cesare Sent

 

 I Heard a Bird Sing

 I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,”
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.

by Oliver Herford

 

 

It is important to reflect calmly,

 again and again,

 that death is real and comes without warning.

Don’t be like the pigeon in the Tibetan proverb: 

He spends all night fussing about, making his bed,

 and dawn comes up

 before he has even had time to go to sleep.