Weekend Zen, October 5-6

Be content with what you have.

Rejoice in the way things are.

When you realize there is 

nothing lacking, the whole

world belongs to you.

~ Lao Tzu

Daily Zen - Friday, October 4

Joy is not in things;

it is in us.

~ Richard Wagner

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 3

I wiped away the weeds and foam,

I fetched my sea-born treasures home;

But the poor, unsightly, noisome things

Had left their beauty on the shore,

With the sun and sand and the wild uproar.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 2

Remember that sometimes

not getting what you want

is a wonderful stroke of luck.

~ The Dalai Lama

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 1

Possess nothing,

enjoy everything.

~ Paramahansa Nithyananda

Daily Zen - September 30

Attachment to things 

drops away by itself

when you no longer seek

to find yourself in them.

~ Eckhart Tolle

Weekend Zen, September 28-29

Aim above morality.

Be not simply good,

be good for something.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Daily Zen - Friday, September 27

Always do your best.

What you plant now,

you will harvest later.

~ Og Mandino 

Daily Zen - Thursday, September 26

Sit quietly, 

doing nothing,

spring comes,

and the grass

grows by itself.

~ Zen Proverb

Daily Zen - Wednesday, September 25

Treat everyone with politeness,

even those who are rude to you ––

not because they are nice,

but because you are.

~ Author Unknown

Daily Zen - Tuesday, September 24

Time does not change us.

It just unfolds us.

~ Max Frisch

Daily Zen - Monday, September 23

It is a choice to notice

what is wrong or 

what is right in the day.

~ Robin Pickens

Weekend Zen, September 21-22

When we do the best we can,

we never know what miracle

is wrought in our life,

or in the life of another.

~ Helen Keller  

Daily Zen - Friday, September 20

The best kind of friend is the one

you could sit on a porch with, 

never saying a word, and walk 

away feeling like that was the 

best conversation you've had.

~ Author Unknown

Daily Zen - Thursday, September 19

If one reaches the point where 

understanding fails, this is not 

a tragedy: it is simply a reminder 

to stop thinking and start looking. 

Perhaps there is nothing to figure out after all:

perhaps we only need to wake up.

~ Thomas Merton

Daily Zen - Wednesday, September 18

Only those who have the patience

to do simple things perfectly

will acquire the skill to do

difficult things easily.

~ Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Daily Zen - Tuesday, September 17

We are very good at preparing to live, 

but not very good at living. We know 

how to sacrifice...we are willing to work 

very hard to get a job, a car, a house...

But we have difficulty remembering that 

we are alive in the present moment, 

the only moment there is for us to be alive.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen - Monday, September 16

Face your deficiencies and 

acknowledge them; but do

not let them master you.

Let them teach you patience,

sweetness, insight...

~ Helen Keller

Weekend Zen, September 14-15

Those who dwell among

the beauties and mysteries

of the earth are never 

alone or weary of life.

~ Rachel Carson

Daily Zen - Friday, September 13

I am still learning.

~ Michelangelo