Friday, January 21, 2011

a cloud across the sun
and suddenly
I am old

Helen Russell

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Tis winter & the fields are bare & waste
The air one mass of ‘vapour clouds & storms’
The suns broad beams are buried & oercast & chilly glooms the midday light deforms
Yet comfort now the social bosom warms
Friendship of nature which I hourly prove
Even in this winter scene of frost & storms
Bare fields the frozen lake & leafless grove
Are natures grand religion & true love
(lines 901 - 909)
John Clare

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Longevity

http://healthland.time.com/2011/01/04/want-to-live-longer-get-walking/

Steps

I knew that if I kept my eyes open in mindfulness and my steps at ease, I could find my Pure Land. That is why I do not let a single day pass without practicing walking meditation.
Thich Nhat Hanh

http://www.what-buddha-taught.net/Books2/Thich_Nhat_Hanh_A_Guide_to_Walking_Meditation.htm