Way Up There

“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.”
Jacques Deval

TeaTotalin'

You will feel fulfilled when you do the impossible for someone else.
-Yogi (teabag)

Thought. There is a reason it is called a "process"

I would rather sink to the bottom of the sea for endless eons than seek liberation through all the saints of the universe. Shih-t'ou

No Looking Back

"Still, the last sad memory hovers round, and sometimes drifts across the floating mist, cutting off sunshine and chilling the remembrance of happier times. There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell; and with these in mind I say: Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are not without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end".
-Edward Whymper

Days Like This Should Happen Only Once In A Lifetime

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

Joy With A Hint of Mello Yello

One day some people came to the master
and asked: How can you be happy
in a world of such impermanence,
where you cannot protect your loved ones
from harm, illness or death?
The master held up a glass and said:
Someone gave me this glass;
It holds my water admirably
and it glistens in the sunlight.
I touch it and it rings!
One day the wind
may blow it off the shelf,
or my elbow
may knock it from the table.
I know this glass is already broken,
so I enjoy it -- incredibly.

Achaan Chah Subato

The Lit'le Train That Could Or However It Goes

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”
-Calvin Colidge