Adam
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Elder Race
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They set us here to make exhaustive anthropological notes on the fall of every sparrow. But not to catch a single one of them. To know, but very emphatically not to care.
“You couldn't say: It's not my fault. You couldn't say: It's not my responsibility.
You could say: I will deal with this.
You didn't have to want to. But you had to do it.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
You could say: I will deal with this.
You didn't have to want to. But you had to do it.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
“Ordinarily, when we undertake something, it is only natural to expect a desirable outcome for our efforts. We want to see results, even if it is only a pleasant feeling. The sole exception I can think of is meditation. Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity that at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get somewhere else but simply to be fully who you are in this moment, as you are. And to let that be OK for now—underscore for now. Perhaps the value of meditation lies precisely in this. Maybe we all need to do one thing in our lives simply for its own sake.”
― Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
― Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
“The only hat worth wearing was the one you made for yourself, not one you bought, not one you were given. Your own hat, for your own head. Your own future, not someone else's.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
“someone has o speak up for them as has no voices”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
“Child, you’ve come here to learn what’s true and what’s not, but there’s little I can teach you that you don’t already know. You just don’t know you know it, and you’ll spend the rest of your life learning what’s already in your bones. And that’s the truth.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
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