Some of the kindest souls I know have lived in a world that was not so kind to them. Some of the best human beings I know have been through so much at the hands of others, and they still love deeply, they still care. Sometimes, it’s the people who have been hurt the most who refuse to be hardened in this world, because they would never want to make another person feel the same way they have felt. If that isn’t something to be in awe of, I don’t know what is.
I'm a very simple person and little things make me happy. Like when I've taken a bath early in the morning, and I'm on my way to college, moisturized wearing my fav sweater and kohled eyes , earphones plugged in. The sun shines on me and Shankar Ehsaan Loy is singing "Zakhm pe marham tere naina". I'm happy.
Thomas Merton. For Merton, to become a poet & saint is to be our own true self. He said "For me to be a saint is to be myself" and "A tree is holy simply by being a tree". Have you ever contemplated how wonderful it is that you are you and no one else, how wonderful it is that there never was and never will be anyone like you again? What is the unique Word of God, the expression of Being, that wants to come into the world through you? Nobody else can be it. Only you can bring it into the world.
“For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.”
~ Thomas Merton. “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.31, New Directions Publishing
Detached, but still deeply rooted in me. In power. What a free and peaceful place. There is nothing better than being at home in one's energy and space. There's never been a better peace.🍀
Intelligence without diligence is impotent… Diligence without intelligence is blind… One is not enough, both have to be together, only then is your life enriched... So be intelligently diligent… Act, but act through awareness. Do a thousand and one things in life but don’t be controlled by unconscious instincts... Then slowly, slowly, life becomes such a divine experience… It is delicious! But one has to learn the art of tasting it. And all other arts are small compared to the art of living… These two things have to be remembered: Be intelligent and be diligent… They very rarely happen together...