Thich Nhat Hanh: “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” With wisdom and compassion he shared with us how we can be, even with the difficult people in our lives: “When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.” He revealed to us the simple yet powerful ways to ignite the joy that’s within each of us: “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” He conveyed to reality of our authentic beauty and of radical self-acceptance: To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” And the miracle of being alive… “People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child — our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” And he gives us the simple wisdom to go forward: “Smile, breathe and go slowly.” As Thay leaves us in this physical form, the reality is he can never leave us. I know for me, he lives deeply in my heart and mind. He transcends time and death. In his own words, here is why even as his heart stops beating, why he will never die: youtube/watch?v=54aRrJWl_PI
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:38:13 +0000
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