Making Trees

Jack...

"Because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.." Jack Kerouac, On The Road

20 Inspiring Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi:

1. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
2. “A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.”
3. “Be the change that you want to see in the world.”
4. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.”
5. “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
6. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
7. “An ounce of patience is worth more than a tonne of preaching.”
8. “Change yourself – you are in control.”
9. “See the good in people and help them.”
10. “Without action, you aren’t going anywhere.”
11. “Take care of this moment.”
12. “Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.”
13. “Continue to grow and evolve.”
14. “A no uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ uttered merely to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
15. “Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.”
16. "An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.”
17. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
18. “A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.”
19. “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
20. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

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Some inspiration - in pictures

(I am sorry I don't recall where I found these...)

 

The Guest House - by Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

I HAVE YOUR HEART - an animation by Crabapple, Boekbinder, & Batt

thinking

"If you want to shrink something,
You must first allow it to expand.
If you want to get rid of something,
You must first allow it to flourish.
If you want to take something,
You must first allow it to be given.
This is called the subtle perception
Of the way things are."

-Tao Te Ching