Quote Of The Day

[NatBird]

"The problem is not that truth is harsh but that liberation from ignorance is as painful as being born"

I heard a few quotes and perspectives shared from this guy on that library book on cd I've been listening to (Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers On How To Live, by Daniel Klein) and had to look up a few more, as they resonated quite deeply based on personal experiences and current thoughts...

"Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves." ~Adam Phillips

LOVE THIS. SO TRUE. THANK YOU.

 

[Teasel]

The grass is greener where you water it ~ Neil Barringham

 

[Lionheart]

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right!" ~Henry Ford~

 

[The Albatross]

“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great, solitary men, like Beethoven and Nietzsche. In their highest boughs the world rustles, their roots rest in infinity; but they do not lose themselves there, they struggle with all the force of their lives for one thing only: to fulfil themselves according to their own laws, to build up their own form, to represent themselves. Nothing is holier, nothing is more exemplary than a beautiful, strong tree. When a tree is cut down and reveals its naked death-wound to the sun, one can read its whole history in the luminous, inscribed disk of its trunk: in the rings of its years, its scars, all the struggle, all the suffering, all the sickness, all the happiness and prosperity stand truly written, the narrow years and the luxurious years, the attacks withstood, the storms endured. And every young farmboy knows that the hardest and noblest wood has the narrowest rings, that high on the mountains and in continuing danger the most indestructible, the strongest, the ideal trees grow.

Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.

A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternal life. The attempt and the risk that the eternal mother took with me is unique, unique the form and veins of my skin, unique the smallest play of leaves in my branches and the smallest scar on my bark. I was made to form and reveal the eternal in my smallest special detail.

A tree says: My strength is trust. I know nothing about my fathers, I know nothing about the thousand children that every year spring out of me. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else. I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust I live.

When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me! Life is not easy, life is not difficult. Those are childish thoughts. Let God speak within you, and your thoughts will grow silent. You are anxious because your path leads away from mother and home. But every step and every day lead you back again to the mother. Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.

A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening. If one listens to them silently for a long time, this longing reveals its kernel, its meaning. It is not so much a matter of escaping from one's suffering, though it may seem to be so. It is a longing for home, for a memory of the mother, for new metaphors for life. It leads home. Every path leads homeward, every step is birth, every step is death, every grave is mother.

So the tree rustles in the evening, when we stand uneasy before our own childish thoughts: Trees have long thoughts, long-breathing and restful, just as they have longer lives than ours. They are wiser than we are, as long as we do not listen to them. But when we have learned how to listen to trees, then the brevity and the quickness and the childlike hastiness of our thoughts achieve an incomparable joy. Whoever has learned how to listen to trees no longer wants to be a tree. He wants to be nothing except what he is. That is home. That is happiness.”
― Herman Hesse, Bäume. Betrachtungen und Gedichte

 

[The Albatross]

"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value." ~ Hermann Hesse

 

[The Albatross]

"As a body everyone is single, as a soul never." ~ Hermann Hesse

 

[The Albatross]

“In reality, many people who feel their lives are going nowhere or sliding downhill are actually doing a good job with an unfair mess, trying to do honest work, take care of relatives, and be good friends. They feel like they’re failing life’s trials but, in fact, they’re not, nor have they let low self-esteem drive them into addiction, self-absorption, or bitterness. Indeed, soldiering on when you feel diminished, lonely, and out-competed takes great strengths and is one of life’s ultimate accomplishments.” ~ Michael I. Bennett

 

[Lionheart]

An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like. ~Tarana Burke~

 

[The Albatross]

“Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, "I am." We are ontological oxymorons.” ~ Peter Kreeft

 

[The Albatross]

Love this guy (Eric Thomas)… in a high esteem/regard/platonic sort of way... (don't want mister seeing this and get all jealous). No kidding what a "real" based guy.

“Don’t make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what’s actually good for you.” – Eric Thomas

“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” – Eric Thomas

“Everybody has a dream, but not everybody has a grind.” – Eric Thomas

“I’m not minimizing your problems, but I’m saying…if life knocked you down 1 year ago, 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago…and you still on the ground…we got a problem.” – Eric Thomas

“Monday, I grind. Tuesday, I grind. Wednesday, I grind. Thursday, I grind. Friday, I grind. Saturday, I grind. Sunday, I grind. And, that’s why I’m here today.” – Eric Thomas

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

"This is how I'm strong through my grief. I am mad, sad, and happy sometimes all in one day. I feel pain and yet I live so passionately, exactly the way my brother would want me to. I am not strong because I am positive; I am strong because I feel it all." ~Megan Seamans

 

[ChildofGod]

I no longer dwell on the past, other than introspection, ect...my past does not define me anymore.

I am so much more than my past.