God dwells within you ... as you.

il dolce far niente

the sweetness of doing nothing

vivere una vita piena --to live a full life

lasciarsi vivere -- to let oneself live, to take things as they come

sapere vivere -- to know how to live, to know how to get along with people

Il tempo non aspetta nessuno. Raccogli ogni momento che ti rimane, perché ha un grande valore.

Time waits for no one. Grasp every minute that remains because it has great value.

trust your heart if the seas catch fire

dive for dreams
or a slogan may topple you
(trees are their roots
and wind is wind)
trust your heart
if the seas catch fire
(and live by love
though the stars walk backward)
honour the past
but welcome the future
(and dance your death
away at the wedding)
never mind a world
with its villains or heroes
(for good likes girls
and tomorrow and the earth)
in spite of everything
which breathes and moves, since Doom
(with white longest hands
neating each crease)
will smooth entirely our minds
-before leaving my room
i turn, and (stooping
through the morning) kiss
this pillow, dear
where our heads lived and were

e.e.cummings

Love from Dr. Seuss

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

~ Dr Seuss (1904-1991), American writer & cartoonist [Theodor Seuss Geiseler],

As quoted in "Somewhere in the Middle of Love" (2007) by Lisa A. Lipscomb, p. 31

Gazing into an abyss.

"And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

"Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein."

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 - 1900)

Section 146 of Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil," in the section entitled "Epigrams and Interludes".

The second half of the quote is an extension of the first, warning that when you seek to understand the "abyss," or the darker elements of life or truth, the abyss enters you as well.

The lover of knowledge cannot remain merely an observer. In observing the abyss, or "dangerous truths," you cannot avoid the consequences of this newfound knowledge.

less and less to say

"As my prayers became more attentive and inward I had less and less to say.

I finally became completely silent.

I started to listen - which is even further removed from speaking.

I first thought that prayer entailed speaking. I then learnt that prayer is hearing, not merely being silent.

That is how it is.

To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking. Prayer involves becoming silent, and being silent, and waiting until God is heard."

Soren Kierkegaard