Notes: Source: Calvin and Hobbes @itspeteski via this isn’t happiness. Title: “Word” internet slang definition.
Tag: expectations
Lightly child, lightly
How exhausting,
sometimes,
to bear not only the weight of what you are,
but also the weight of what you ought to be.
~ Stephen Sparks, No. 63
Notes:
- Image Source: Nell Donovan via eikadan
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
- Prior “Lightly child, lightly” Posts? Connect here.
Sunday Morning
And, Peace
If you could only keep quiet,
clear of memories and expectations,
you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events.
It is your restlessness that causes chaos.
— Nisargadatta
Credits: Quote – Here & Now. Bio for Nisargadatta. Thomas Saliot Painting via Art Sponge
The Path: Step A. To B. To C. To?
“…Do well at Step A and you can proceed to Step B. Do well at B, and proceed to C. As I look back at my life so far, I realize that I was playing by a very narrow set of rules. And if I played by those rules, worked hard, and caught a lucky break or two, I’d be rewarded with plenty of wealth and prestige.
And that worked okay…for a while…until I began to have nagging doubts. “The Path” began to feel just a bit too narrow. I felt that I was always trying to do well in life in order to move to the next step. As a result, I had completely lost the ability to live in the moment or to appreciate success for success’ sake. And failure? Well, that wasn’t even an option. Most insidiously, I began looking at the people in my life only as potential allies (or, gasp, even pawns) in my quest to keep plugging along down The Path…”
~ Steve Roesler, Life Choices. Bitter or Better?
Credits: Stairway by Bobus @ Elinka. Quote Source: allthingsworkplace.com
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