everywhere, orchids I think there’s a trickster who wanders the mountains, with a belt made of ivy and a cloak of wisteria, lips always smiling, noble to look at, he drives yellow leopards, his friends include tigers, he stands in a chariot bannered with cassia, everywhere, orchids all over, azaleas. Exhaling the perfume, the […]
Regret?
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Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression Swami Sivananda
On living for today
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Now that death seems not so far away, I whisper to myself how much I want to hold the knowledge in my heart and hear that life itself can be enough – its beauty and its awesomeness as well as deepest tragedy. I do not want the need to seek an offer, or […]
Do you live to the full??
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So, how long does a man live, finally? And how much does he live while he lives? We fret, and ask so many questions – Then when it comes to us The answer is so simple after all. A man lives as long as we carry him inside us, For as long as we […]
The Summer Day
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The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean – The one who had flung herself out of the grass, The one who is eating sugar from my hand, Who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up […]
What was said to the Rose
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What was said to the Rose what was said to the rose that made it burst into flower was said to me, too; and it was said to my heart Rumi