Blaiseboles

“We can’t understand the nature of reality until we let go of controlling our experience.”
― Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

“we can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.”
― Pema Chödrön, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

“The garden is an unhappy place for the perfectionist. Too much stands beyond our control here, and the only thing we can absolutely count on is eventual catastrophe.”
― Michael Pollan, Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

“Q: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be?

A: You already are an animal.”
― Douglas Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture