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  • #1
    Lao Tzu
    “True words aren't eloquent;
    eloquent words aren't true.
    Wise men don't need to prove their point;
    men who need to prove their point aren't wise.

    The Master has no possessions.
    The more he does for others,
    the happier he is.
    The more he gives to others,
    the wealthier he is.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #2
    Stephen Mitchell
    “Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.”
    Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching

  • #3
    Stephen Mitchell
    “The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and he has nothing left to hold on to: no illusions in his mind, no resistances in his body. He doesn’t think about his actions; they flow from the core of his being. He holds nothing back from life; therefore he is ready for death, as a man is ready for sleep after a good day’s work.”
    Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching

  • #4
    Stephen Mitchell
    “Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.”
    Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching

  • #5
    Lao Tzu
    “Fill your bowl to the brim
    and it will spill.
    Keep sharpening your knife
    and it will blunt.
    Chase after money and security
    and your heart will never unclench.
    Care about people's approval
    and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back.
    The only path to serenity.”
    Laozi

  • #6
    Mary Oliver
    “The Old Poets Of China

    Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
    It offers me its busyness. It does not believe
    that I do not want it. Now I understand
    why the old poets of China went so far and high
    into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.”
    Mary Oliver, Why I Wake Early

  • #7
    Wendell Berry
    “How to be a Poet

    (to remind myself)

    i

    Make a place to sit down.
    Sit down. Be quiet.
    You must depend upon
    affection, reading, knowledge,
    skill—more of each
    than you have—inspiration
    work, growing older, patience,
    for patience joins time
    to eternity…

    ii

    Breathe with unconditional breath
    the unconditioned air.
    Shun electric wire.
    Communicate slowly. Live
    a three-dimensional life;
    stay away from screens.
    Stay away from anything
    that obscures the place it is in.
    There are no unsacred places;
    there are only sacred places
    and desecrated places.

    iii

    Accept what comes from silence.
    Make the best you can of it.
    Of the little words that come
    out of the silence, like prayers
    prayed back to the one who prays,
    make a poem that does not disturb
    the silence from which it came.”
    Wendell Berry, Given

  • #8
    Wendell Berry
    “We walked always in beauty, it seemed to me. We walked and looked about, or stood and looked. Sometimes, less often, we would sit down. We did not often speak. The place spoke for us and was a kind of speech. We spoke to each other in the things we saw.”
    Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow

  • #9
    Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
    “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
    Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

  • #10
    Eric Overby
    “Morning Meditation

    I used to rise early in meditation,
    As the ancient saints and mystics,
    Looking for peace, bliss, and ecstasy.

    Now I awake as the sun rises.
    I lie beside her,
    Her head and the tops of her shoulders
    Revealed from the top of the covers
    Where we lay. Her face shines,
    As the sun rolls through the bedroom
    Curtains and leave her with a mandorla
    As if she were the subject of iconography.

    I lay in silence as I meditate on the artistry
    Of freckles that are perfectly dotted
    On her face and shoulders.
    I venerate the delicate curvature
    Of her lips and nose. Her eyes closed,
    Veiled by a composition of lashes
    That shroud the green mystery underneath.
    As her hair lays dark and graceful
    Across the pillows in front of me,
    I lay in adoration,
    and know there are none like her.

    Moses was not even shown God's face,
    Yet she has done me one better.”
    Eric Overby, Journey

  • #11
    Eric Overby
    “All of Her

    She shows me all of her insecure places
    And I kiss them until she knows
    They are beautiful. No dark places
    To hide in which love
    Doesn't shower her with acceptance.”
    Eric Overby, Senses

  • #12
    Eric Overby
    “Possessions

    Live in peace and be free.
    When possessions own your heart,
    You are enslaved to money and to corporations.
    Your time is owned by the moneylenders
    And they will not let you spend it freely.
    They will tell you what to buy, but not
    What it will truly cost you.

    You will be held ransom.

    What is your heart worth?
    What about your time?
    What holds your heart, holds your attention.
    What holds your attention, holds your time.
    What holds your time, holds your life.
    And if it's possessions that holds these things,
    It will demand it all.”
    Eric Overby

  • #13
    Eric Overby
    “Looking For Gold

    I'm looking for the gold in this life
    A love so rare
    It's doesn't have a price
    Not living for the future
    No heaven, no hell, no paradise
    And I'm giving it all away now,
    Cause you can't step
    In the same river twice”
    Eric Overby, Senses

  • #14
    Eric Overby
    “Art is that which helps you see
    beauty in the mundane...
    Let my life be a work of art.”
    Eric Overby, Senses

  • #15
    Eric Overby
    “My past is being burnt down
    I've shown you the ash
    Is it me, or are we more than just friends now?
    I have to ask.”
    Eric Overby, Senses

  • #16
    Eric Overby
    “We are just a few atoms
    In the vast universe, stardust,
    Yet who can measure the sum
    Of two lovers and what's between us”
    Eric Overby, Senses

  • #17
    Eric Overby
    “Now is the only moment I will ever have.
    I want to spend the rest of my nows beside you.”
    Eric Overby, Senses

  • #18
    Eric Overby
    “What is it that is so interesting
    about what's happening everywhere else
    but where you are?”
    Eric Overby, Senses

  • #19
    Eric Overby
    “The Accounting of Love and Hospitality -
    Sermon on the Account


    Do enough for others that it's impossible
    For them to keep accounts
    Of what they owe you
    Or what you've done.

    Lose the account yourself,
    Expect nothing in return.

    Make a habit of giving things away.
    Pay for other people's meal,
    Friends and strangers.
    Keep no accounts on that either.

    Take what is offered to you,
    But expect or demand nothing.



    Tell the people in your life
    That you appreciate them
    As often as you can.
    There may be a day when you can't.

    Tell your kids and spouse that you love them,
    Often and every night.
    Remind yourself
    What it is you love about them.

    Look for ways to be kind and helpful,
    There are plenty to find.

    Do things without telling others
    You've done them.
    Don't even remind yourself.
    Do acts of kindness, then let them go.

    Live a life without clinging to expectations
    About who you should be.


    Your friends and family will change,
    Everything does, you will.
    Life has a lot of additions and subtraction;
    Change is inevitable.

    Spend time mindfully changing yourself
    Towards kindness and patience.

    At the end of your life,
    Which could be any moment,
    Let the ones that knew you
    Have lived a better life because you were there.

    Let your accounts be settled
    And forgive other people's.”
    Eric Overby

  • #20
    Eric Overby
    “It is the constant changing character
    of our life together that I embrace.
    We have come a long way; knowing
    each other now in ways
    that we did not before.”
    Eric Overby, Senses

  • #21
    Eric Overby
    “Screens make me discontented
    With where I am. There is always
    Something else or somewhere else.
    People talk and I am absent.”
    Eric Overby

  • #22
    Eric Overby
    “By marriage I am asking you
    to help me become a better version
    of myself, while still loving me
    every moment along the way.
    Continuing what you’ve been doing
    already and I am vowing
    to do the same.”
    Eric Overby, Senses

  • #23
    Eric Overby
    “It takes me living an intentional, mindful, and quiet life to hear or see what’s here. Great art doesn’t necessarily create something new, it helps you appreciate what’s already here.”
    Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

  • #24
    Eric Overby
    “What is your peace worth?
    At what cost will you lose it?
    - Internal questions”
    Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

  • #25
    Eric Overby
    “Coffee in the dawn
    With books open like our hearts,
    Our weekend ritual”
    Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

  • #26
    Eric Overby
    “It's hard to tell where
    It is that I end
    And you begin, synergy”
    Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

  • #27
    Eric Overby
    “Renga with Katie


    There's no better place
    Than in each moment with you
    Traveling through life

    Regardless of place and time,
    Or seasons and location,

    I never look back
    To a time without you there
    And wish to return

    We are each other's constant
    In an ever changing world





    On a pilgrimage
    To no place particular,
    Destinationless

    Each moment we're arriving
    At another sacred place

    Appreciating,
    Remembering life before
    You opened my eyes

    It's both vivid and soothing
    Like I'd never had vision

    Now I see the way,
    As we travel together
    The fog is lifted

    Each sight reveals each other
    Each step reveals another”
    Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

  • #28
    Eric Overby
    “Meditation is
    The practice of letting go
    Of life each moment

    Each in breath followed by out,
    Receiving life, letting go

    Practice letting go,
    Then when death knocks on your door
    You’ll invite him in”
    Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

  • #29
    Eric Overby
    “Thoughts arise in mind,
    Watch them pass over like clouds,
    Then they fall away”
    Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

  • #30
    Eric Overby
    “Leave each place you go
    Better than when you found it,
    My motto in life”
    Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems



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