Hafez

WE HAVE NOT COME TO TAKE PRISONERS

We have not come here to take prisoners,
But to surrender ever more deeply
To freedom and joy.

We have not come into this exquisite world
To hold ourselves hostage from love.

Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.

Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.

We have a duty to befriend
Those aspects of obedience
That stand outside of our house
And shout to our reason
"O please, O please,
Come out and play."

For we have not come here to take prisoners
Or to confine our wondrous spirits,

But to experience ever and ever more deeply
Our divine courage, freedom and Light!

William Blake

"If the doors of perception were cleansed, 

every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.

For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things 

thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Do not go where the path may lead,

 go instead where there is no path

 and leave a trail."

Mervyn Brady

"When a man awakens, that man speaks with a changed tone.

He does not talk with men with a thought to their opinions, but his speech becomes plain and true.

He would treat all men as the Gods would,

Accepting without any admiration or judgement, the creature which hides them.

He will leave you wiser. He makes you feel that sincerity is more excellent than flattery.

The simplest person who genuinely seeks God becomes God."

Happy Mothers' Day

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me.  

They have clung to me all my life.  

~Abraham Lincoln

Mother Theresa

People are often unreasonable, illogical, 

and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, 

ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends

 and some true enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.

Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight.

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous.

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.

Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.

It was never between you and them anyway.