Above the clouds there is silence
Stillness in a white ocean’s flow
Cities, lakes, dots in space
Time relative to the feeling
That the vast world vaulting us
Is a colourful motion picture
In the window of our soul.
Meanwhile I sit quietly
In my reclined chair
Breathing slow
Gliding through
A bird in a moving flock
Playing with memories of you.
Home
Beyond this sleepy Utah desert
Moonlit ridges and lonesome roads
Beyond the people and city buildings
The salty lakes and snowy slopes.
Beyond Arizona, Navajo lands
And this crazy, crazy world.
There, beyond it all, lies a place
Where your welcoming embrace
Warms my heart when it’s zero below.
Where I get lost in your eyes
And kiss you a thousand times.
A place where time quits for a while
And the entire world stands still
To catch a glimpse of your smile.
Half Dome
Halfway around the world
An ancient forest grows old
Watched by a granite tower
A full moon, a half dome.
A half that is whole
An illusion by default
Calling out to the brave
Who dare to face her wall.
Halfway around the world
My heart brings you home
To the snow, to the valleys
Where I’ll watch you dance
While the fire falls.
Ralph Sockman on experience
The value of experience is not in how many we devour, but in how many we digest.
Recommended reading: The Meaning of Suffering.
Oliver Burkeman on uncertainty
Uncertainty is where things happen. It is where the opportunities — for success, for happiness, for really living — are waiting.
Recommended reading: The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking.
Charles R. Swindoll on resilience
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
Recommended reading: Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life.
Napoleon Hill on greatness
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Recommended reading: Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success.
Rumi on love
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
Recommended reading: The Essential Rumi.
Erich Fromm on love
Only in the love of those who do not serve a purpose, love begins to unfold.
Recommended reading: The Art of Loving.
Søren Kierkegaard on wisdom
The Highest is not to comprehend the Highest, but to do it, and note this well, including all the burdens it involves.
Recommended reading: The Diary Of Soren Kierkegaard.