Courtesy of Gretchen Rubin Moment of Happiness
Neither does the tree hold back its leaves but lets them flow open or glide away when the time is right.
MARY OLIVER
Long Life
Any man who supposes the moon is always the same, regardless of the season, and is therefore unable to detect the difference in autumn, must be exceedingly insensitive.
YOSHIDA KENKŌ
Essays in Idleness
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to realize it as such.
HENRY MILLER
The Henry Miller Reader
One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.
IRIS MURDOCH
The Sea, the Sea
There is just as much beauty visible to us in the landscape as we are prepared to appreciate,—not a grain more.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
“Autumnal Tints”
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
MATSUO BASHO
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
There are jobs, there are chores, and there is work.
DONALD HALL
Life Work
Daily life may seem trivial and routine, but in fact it contains a multitude of incidents, at once rich, expansive, and touching.
YU HUA
China in Ten Words
Bad luck in small doses can cast a glittering light on the rest of life.
ANN PATCHETT
“Sometimes the Luck Is in the Fall”
It is hard, so terribly hard, to please yourself. Far from being the easy thing that it sounds like, it is almost the hardest thing in the world, because we are not always comfortable with that true self that lies deep within us.
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
The Nature of Order
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
MARCUS AURELIUS
Meditations
If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.
COLSON WHITEHEAD
The Nickel Boys
All the colors burn up in the unseen higher vibrations of glory.
JOHN HOLLANDER
“Orange”
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
J.R.R TOLKIEN
The Fellowship of the Ring
Reminders:
For me, the challenge of middle age was not to stand still.
JON KATZ
A Dog Year
The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
