The further I wake into this life,

the more I realize that God is everywhere

and the extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary.

~Mark Nepo

when will I know what is true?

inquiry for today~ and from your deepest wishes you will know….

several more lifetimes…..

Everyone is subject to some form of pain

None can escape its clutches

We get weary trying to cope

With our manifold mundane miseries

We wish our lives to be free from all afflictions

Forgetting that the fruits of pleasure

Grow only on the tree of pain

And that sorrow is but unripened joy

And joy the ripening fruit of sorrow.

~Bapuji