quote du jour ~gibran – you often say….

You often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.” The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pastures. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

~Kahlil Gibran

quote du jour ~rumi – goodbyes are only…

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. For those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

~Rumi

quote du jour ~king

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

~Martin Luther King Jr.

being easily pleased ~mark nepo

So many of us have been trained to think that being particular about what we want is indicative of good taste, and that not being satisfied unless our preferences are met is a sign of worldliness and sophistication. I remember being at a party where a woman wouldn’t accept her drink unless it was made with a certain brand of vermouth. She was, in fact, indignant about it. Or going to dinner with a colleague who had to have his steak prepared in a complex and special way, as if this particular need to be different was his special public signature. Or watching very intelligent men and women inscribe their circle of loneliness with criteria for companionship that no one could meet. I used to maintain such a standard of excellence around the sort of art I found acceptable.

Often, this kind of discernment is seen as having high standards, when in actuality it is only a means of isolating ourselves from being touched by life, while rationalizing that we are more special than those who can’t meet our very demanding standards.

The devastating truth is that excellence can’t hold you in the night, and,

quote du jour ~sartre

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.

~Jean-Paul Sartre

quote du jour ~jordan

Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and the occasions of love among and between peoples.

~June Jordan

quote du jour ~tutu

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

~Bishop Desmond Tutu