Attention

The dream of my life

is to lie down

by a slow river

and stare at the

light in the trees -

To learn something

by being

nothing a little while

but the

rich lens of

attention.

~ Mary Oliver

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Leaning Out

Wherever it was

I was supposed to be

this morning--

whatever it was I said

I would be doing--

I was standing

at the edge of the field--

I was hurrying

through my own soul,

opening its dark doors--

I was leaning out;

I was listening.

~ Mary Oliver

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How Deep Is the Place

Go into yourself and see how deep

is the place from which your life flows.

~ Rilke

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Silently Drawn

Let yourself be silently drawn

by the stronger pull of

what you really love.

--Rumi

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Listen

Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it,

listen for what it intends to do with you.

~ Parker Palmer

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Eventually we see that

there is no inside and outside.

The one is just one.

~ Sharon Salzberg

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When a great moment knocks on the door of your life,

it is often no louder than the beating of you heart,

and it is very easy to miss it.

Refuge

Take refuge in your senses, open up

To all the small miracles you rushed through. 

Become inclined to watch the way of rain

When it falls slow and free. 

Imitate the habit of twilight,

Taking time to open the well of color

That fostered the brightness of day.

Draw alongside the silence of stone

Until its calmness can claim you. 

- John O'Donohue