The Art of Fleaing

Let there be an opening into the quiet

I have to be leaving… But I won’t let that come between us, okay?

Colette, Jacques Humbert, ca. 1896

Colette, Jacques Humbert, ca. 1896

Cutting a sunbeam, Adam Diston, 1886

Cutting a sunbeam, Adam Diston, 1886

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I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

—Pablo Neruda, from 100 Love Sonnets (University of Texas Press, 1986)

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[Sometime] you will come face to face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking, gibbering madhouse on wheels barreling pell-mell down the hill, utterly out of control and hopeless. No problem.

—Bhante Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English (via birdandvine)

When we were in love
I was an eagle
You were a dove

When we were in love
I rose above you
and prayed

- Charlotte: I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be. 

-  Bob: You’ll figure that out. The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you. 

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“How do I integrate spirituality into my everyday life?  Throw out the concept of ‘spiritual life’ and ‘everyday life.’  There is only life, undivided and whole.”

—Adyashanti

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awelltraveledwoman:

hungarian:

it’d be cool to speak like 20 different languages & keep it a secret from everyone & then during a time of crisis, u could speak some fluent russian to some russian guy holding a gun to your head & all your friends will be like daaamn

This bc I’ve always tried to learn Russian.

Skills

Let me keep my distance, always, from those
who think they have the answers.

Let me keep company always with those who say
“Look!” and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their heads.

—Mary Oliver, from “Mysteries, Yes” in Evidence

(Source: litverve)