On Saints and Poems

13/10/2024

Surround yourself with strong women, women more beautiful than you, smarter than you, and don't envy them, admire them.

Surround yourself with good women who know how to listen, who know how to care, from whom you learn to relate to the world, women who teach you their power.

Surround yourself with women to weave an invisible web, a web for other women, so you don't let them fall, so they feel the collective hug, so they don't feel alone or crazy.

Surround yourself with women who embrace their shadow, who don't apologize for being light, who are aware of their beauty and that they are alive.

Surround yourself with irreverent and brave women, women fighters who open the way and tear down walls, women of reference, women who do not ask for permission, who build their homes with the same hands, with which they cradle and caress.

Surround yourself with women who help you live as you are, who give you confidence and affection, who remind you that they are all one.
~ Roy Galán

~ Art 'Sisterhood' by Jeanie Tomanek

13/10/2024

13/10/2024

At the end of the day, it’s more important to live a happy life than to chase society’s idea of success. Success looks different for everyone, and sometimes, just finding peace and joy in your own life is the greatest success of all.

–Miriam Defensor Santiago
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07/10/2024

Contemplation

Soft wind whispered to me
Let me play with your hair
Flowers will touch my skin
Raindrops will blow them fair.

Valleys are stairs to heaven
Rivers will guide my way
Chirping birds would follow
I could never feel despaired.

I settle myself beneath
Covered with green that sway
Soft wind will blow again
Sleep, my child, let tranquility reign.

07/10/2024

This secret union takes place in the deepest centre of the soul, which must be where God Himself dwells, and I do not think there is any need of a door by which to enter it. I say there is no need of a door because all that has so far been described seems to have come through the medium of the senses and faculties… But what passes in the union of the Spiritual Marriage is very different. The Lord appears in the centre of the soul, not through an imaginary, but through an intellectual vision (although this is a subtler one that that already mentioned), just as He appeared to the Apostles, without entering through the door, when He said to them: "Pax vobis" {cf. John 20:19,21}. This instantaneous communication of God to the soul is so great a secret and so sublime a favour, and such delight is felt by the soul, that I do not know with what to compare it, beyond saying that the Lord is pleased to manifest to the soul at that moment the glory that is in Heaven, in a sublimer manner than is possible through any vision or spiritual consolation. It is impossible to say more than that, as far as one can understand, the soul (I mean the spirit of this soul) is made one with God, Who, being likewise a Spirit, has been pleased to reveal the love that He has for us by showing to certain persons the extent of that love, so that we may praise His greatness. For He has been pleased to unite Himself with His creature in such a way that they have become like two who cannot be separated from one another: even so He will not separate Himself from her.

Saint Teresa of Avila , (Ávila, 1515 — Alba de Tormes, 1582),

07/10/2024

TEN ATTITUDES OF SMART PEOPLE

1. They are usually quiet than others – Smart people often prefer to listen and observe rather than dominate conversations.

2. They are aware of their own ignorance – Smart people recognize the limits of their knowledge and are open to learning more.

3. They avoid bragging – Instead of bragging, smart people let their actions speak for themselves.

4. They are humble – Despite their intelligence, they remain modest about their abilities.

5. They may have fewer close friends – They find it difficult to connect deeply with others because of their unique perspective.

6. They ask insightful questions – Smart people question deeply, seeking to understand and analyze.

7. They identify flaws and loopholes – They often examine systems or arguments to find imperfections.

8. They enjoy reading – A love of books and continuous learning is common among intelligent people.

9. They have strong intuition – They can often sense the true intentions and feelings of others.

10. They avoid confrontation – Intelligent individuals generally avoid unnecessary arguments and conflicts.
"Live purposefully"

26/09/2024

Source: Tao & Zen

“The idea of Zen is to catch life as it flows. There is nothing extraordinary or mysterious about Zen. I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of the desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond the neighboring wood — in all these I am practicing Zen, I am living Zen. No wordy discussion is necessary, nor any explanation… When the sun rises the whole world dances with joy and everybody’s heart is filled with bliss. If Zen is at all conceivable, it must be taken hold of here.” ~ D.T. Suzuki

Zen & the Art of Living Deeply
https://creativesystemsthinking.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/zen-the-art-of-living-deeply/