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“Always do your best.  What you plant now, you will harvest later.” ~ Og Mandino

“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate.  The world is all gates, all opportunities.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

zenplicity:

What is it like, to be truly alive and awake?

Happiness, freedom, and peace do not lie elsewhere, at some future time. It’s completely up to you – this very instant – as you’re sitting here looking at this screen. 

All you have to do is give yourself, completely and absolutely, to the heart of what is. All you have to do is give yourself, completely and absolutely, to what you already are. 

It makes no difference if you have heard or read or thought it ten thousand times. No matter that you may have trivialized or betrayed it a hundred thousand times, thinking, “I already know this.” All that counts is whether you are willing to truly let it in this time.

Awareness is everywhere.  Truth is everywhere.  Love is everywhere.

All you have to do is allow yourself to be unconditionally open to it, without negotiation, distraction, or defense.

Everywhere and always. On every breath. On this breath. In everything you think, say, and do.

That’s all. Nothing more. Why not find out? 

condensed from “It’s Up to You” by Scott Morrison

(Source: what-is-zen)

“Here is the place; here the way unfolds.” ~ Dogen Zenji

“We are still masters of our fate.  We are still captains of our souls.” - Winston Churchill

“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” - Chinese proverb

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” - Buddha