To walk quietly until the miracle in everything speaks is poetry, whether we write it down or not.
Mark NepoThe greedy one gathered all the cherries, while the simple one tasted all the cherries in one.
Mark NepoIn life as in water, when we curl up or flail we sink. When we spread and go still, we are carried by the largest sea of all: the sea of grace that flows steadily beneath the turmoil of events. And just as fish can't see the ocean they live in, we can't quite see the spirit that sustains us.
Mark NepoI don't personally believe in an arrived state of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We have moments of clarity, and then we're confused. We have incredibly sensitive periods of being awake, and then we're numb. Being human is a very universal and a very personal practice of learning how to return when we can't get access to what we know.
Mark Nepo