The Way Things Turn
Politics, culture, and other best laid plans.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Daily Zen - Monday, October 21
In times of great stress or adversity,
it's always best to keep busy,
to plow your anger and your energy
into something positive.
~ Lee Iacocca
Saturday, October 5, 2024
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
Friday, October 4, 2024
Daily Zen - Friday, October 4
Joy is not in things;
it is in us.
~ Richard Wagner
Thursday, October 3, 2024
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
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 2
Remember that sometimes
not getting what you want
is a wonderful stroke of luck.
~ The Dalai Lama
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 1
Possess nothing,
enjoy everything.
~ Paramahansa Nithyananda
Monday, September 30, 2024
Daily Zen - September 30
Attachment to things
drops away by itself
when you no longer seek
to find yourself in them.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Weekend Zen, September 28-29
Aim above morality.
Be not simply good,
be good for something.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Friday, September 27, 2024
Daily Zen - Friday, September 27
Always do your best.
What you plant now,
you will harvest later.
~ Og Mandino
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Daily Zen - Thursday, September 26
Sit quietly,
doing nothing,
spring comes,
and the grass
grows by itself.
~ Zen Proverb
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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
Saturday, September 21, 2024
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
Friday, September 20, 2024
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
Thursday, September 19, 2024
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
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
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
Monday, September 16, 2024
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
Saturday, September 14, 2024
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
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