Be so busy showing gratitude, that you forget to complain.
Be so busy producing, that you forget to consume.
Be so busy growing, that you forget to compare.
Be so busy trying, that you forget to criticize.
Be so busy with love, that you forget to hate.
When you get yourself busy with the right things—the rest fades away.
Imagine the cloud that always held on to its rain.
Imagine the weight; the effort; the burden.
Imagine the hardened soil, dehydrated plants, and barren landscape.
Now, image the person who always held on to their pain.
Imagine the weight; the effort; the burden.
Imagine the hardened interactions, dehydrated relationships, and barren lifestyle.
Maybe holding on to the pain isn’t the most beneficial thing to do (so that others don’t experience the pain you’re holding).
Maybe releasing the pain is the most beneficial thing you can do.
Maybe it’s the vulnerable release that’s needed for your gray clouds to clear away.
Maybe it’s the feeling of a more authentic human experience that the barren landscape of our lives are craving more of each day.
And maybe the best way to do this isn’t to release above the umbrella walkers who are seemingly allergic to getting wet—but to share the experience of feeling the rain with the people who jump in puddles and know that clothes dry.
P.s. Thank you to Belinda for the coffee. This post was fueled by your generosity. :)
A tall blade of grass Looks down upon A sea of green blades Some bigger Some thinner Some pointed Some flat Some darker Some lighter What a shame That in a sea of green That’s what is seen
Filling our cups is hard enough.
Don’t let what liquid you’ve carefully filled go to waste.
As you would carefully and delicately place each step while walking with a brim-filled cup of blazing hot tea—so, too, should you walk throughout your day with a brim-filled cup of blazing hot human energy and potential.
…Evenly and mindfully.
Comparison is the root of so much suffering in our lives.
And social media is the root of so much comparison in our lives.
Those who are aware of this—and take actions to mitigate it—know the secret to suffocating and starving the roots of suffering from their lives.
P.s. I also published 28 Timeless Morrie Schwartz Quotes from Tuesdays With Morrie today.
Their success Isn’t your loss Their beauty Isn’t your flaw Their knowledge Isn’t your ignorance Their profit Isn’t your business Stop using them To benchmark yours Live and let live And stop keeping score
Suffering is an internal state.
And you’ll never be able to outrun what’s inside.
In fact, the longer you try running from suffering the more time it’ll have to build strength and the more tired you’ll ultimately become.
The way towards healing isn’t running—no.
The way towards healing is stopping.
…And looking at the suffering; sitting with it; inquiring into its existence—understanding the suffering (that never just arbitrarily arrives).
And then slowly, slowly—rebuilding your strength while you drain it of its own.
Until eventually you can turn suffering into softness that you can then mold like clay and let go of like art.