Being a Good Audience
Posted by Zen Wisdom
Try to be a good audience for whatever kind of experience reveals itself to you.
— Gary Thorp in Sweeping Changes
Mystic Wisdom
The outward work will never be puny if the inner work is great.
— Meister Eckhart, German mystic and theologian
Teacher Wisdom
I cannot look in any direction without seeing creations of God. Therefore nothing is insignificant and everything is worthy of respect and care. Nothing is second-class.
— Paula D'Arcy in Gift of the Red Bird
Prayer
Lord I have watched a crane life a heavy load. Lift me Lord.
— David Adam in Power Lines: Celtic Prayers About Work
Movie Lines
Why do we get all these feelings and dreams and hopes if we don't ever use them?
— Shirley in Shirley Valentine
Proverb
The fly cannot be driven away by getting angry at it.
— West African Proverb
Sufi Wisdom
Give up to grace.
The ocean takes care of each wave
till it gets to shore.
— Jelaluddin Rumi in The Essential Rumi