‘Where do we find this grace, this courage, this wisdom? At some level, we already have these qualities - our task is to realise them (to make them real). Moment-by-moment awareness can be a great ally in this.’
~ Mindfulness for Life 8-week course handbook, OMC The Serenity Prayer: The serenity to accept the things I cannot change; The courage to change the things I can; And the wisdom to know the difference.
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Mind Wanting More Only a beige slat of sun above the horizon, like a shade pulled not quite down. Otherwise, clouds. Sea rippled here and there. Birds reluctant to fly. The mind wants a shaft of sun to stir the grey porridge of clouds, an osprey to stitch sea to sky with its barred wings, some dramatic music: a symphony, perhaps a Chinese gong. But the mind always wants more than it has -- one more bright day of sun, one more clear night in bed with the moon; one more hour to get the words right; one more chance for the heart in hiding to emerge from its thicket in dried grasses -- as if this quiet day with its tentative light weren't enough, as if joy weren't strewn all around. ~ Holly Hughes |
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