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WHILE WE CAN participate in beauty, we can never possess it.
John O'Donohue • Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
“it gave me a vital bit of perspective: I happen to be alive, and there’s no cosmic law entitling me to that status. Being alive is just happenstance, and not one more day of it is guaranteed.”
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“We live in a flash of light; evening comes and it is night forever.” It’s only a flash and we waste it. We waste it with our anxiety, our worries, our concerns, our burdens.
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
“No, no! It’s not important, it shouldn’t be important. But your machine says it’s important! So I believe! It’ll be all right, Leo, after I cry some more.” “What else?” “What else? The machine says, ‘You’re young.’ I’m not. It lies, that Sadness Machine!” “Sad in what way?” His wife was quieter now. “Leo, the mistake you made is you forgot some ho
... See moreRay Bradbury • Dandelion Wine
I suspect this is to remind us of the holiness of the ephemeral: we’re always so busy looking towards (for) the eternal.