a positive outlook
“…my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written…
Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”
– Oliver Sacks
Who enters the Turkish bath will sweat.
If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
– proverbs quoted by Yonca and Alastair
Lake of Zürich
“All beings are unique expression of the same essence.”
— Paul F. Shepherd, Zen master
Recognize what is happening;
Allow the experience to be there, just as it is;
Investigate with interest and care;
Nurture with self-compassion.
Meditation by Tara Brach
Ring a door bell here and find out what’s in a name.
Information on the project can be found at www.one-humanity.info
Cultivate mindful awareness, because whatever we practice grows stronger.
— Tara Brach quoting Buddha, Talk on Rewiring for happiness and freedom
Spring in Bellvoir Park
“Are we being good ancestors?”
— Jonas Edward Salk
Quote found in The Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric
His talk at the Engadin Art Talk on Longue Durée
“It’s not what happens.
It’s how you relate to it.”
— Tara Brach
Rote Fabrik, Zürich.
“I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking, ‘If only that hadn’t happened life would be so good.’ Then I suddenly realized, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path.”
— Janna Levin, theoretical cosmologist and a professor of physics and astronomy
Let the silence do the work.
Podcast interview by Tim Ferris with Seth Godin, teacher, author and entrepreneur.
Leave room, milk canister in the Alpstein, hike with Markus.