In truth, our aliveness depends on our ability to sustain wonder… Mark Nepo

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us. Thomas Brown 

Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The Gospel according to Matthew.

See with “the heart’s eye”

Let’s not confuse planning with plans. There are times we need to anticipate what is coming and times we need to be spontaneous. Let’s not make too much of choosing either way…Nepo

Plans are useless, but planning is invaluable. Winston Churchill

…the authencity of living is not just an interesting idea or an eloquent feeling. Authencity, the experience of truth, is our richest food. Mark Nepo

A thick and shapeless tree trunk would never believe that it could become a statue, admired as a miracle of sculpture, and would never submit itself to the chisel of the sculptor, who sees by his genius what he can make of it. St. Ignatius 

Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. Seng Ts’an

In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few. Suzuki Roshi