"How easily we forget how precious life is! So long as we can remember, we've just been here, being alive. Unlike other things for which we have a comparison -- black to white, day to night, good to bad -- we are so immersed in life that we can see it only in the context of itself. We don't see life as compared to anything, to not-being, for example, to never having been born. Life just is. But life itself is a gift. It's a compliment just being born: to feel, breathe, think, play, dance, sing, work, make love, for this particular lifetime. Today, let's give thanks for life. For life itself! For simple being born!" ~ Daphne Rose Kingma
“Put a bird on your shoulder. That's what the Buddhists do. Just imagine a little bird on your shoulder and every day you say, ‘Is this the day I'm going to die, little bird? Am I leading the life I want to lead? Am I the person that I want to be?’ If we accept the fact that we can die at any time, we'd lead our lives differently. So every day you say, ‘Is this the day?’” ~ from the book "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom
Thursday, December 6, 2012
"Life itself is a gift....."
"How easily we forget how precious life is! So long as we can remember, we've just been here, being alive. Unlike other things for which we have a comparison -- black to white, day to night, good to bad -- we are so immersed in life that we can see it only in the context of itself. We don't see life as compared to anything, to not-being, for example, to never having been born. Life just is. But life itself is a gift. It's a compliment just being born: to feel, breathe, think, play, dance, sing, work, make love, for this particular lifetime. Today, let's give thanks for life. For life itself! For simple being born!" ~ Daphne Rose Kingma