Moon.

"The thief left it behind,

The moon,

At my window."

(Ryokan, 1758-1831)

Flowers and garbage of life.

"The cause of suffering is desire.

We always desire flowers of life,

but reject the garbage of life,

We have to realize that flowers of today,

will be tomorrow's garbage,

And garbage are transformed to compost flowers.

Garbage of life can nourish the flowers of understanding,

the flowers of patience, peace, compassion,...

So, accept, accept, accept them both with smile.

(Gede Prama)



You are.......

" You are the trip I did not take,

You are the pearls I could not buy,

You are my blue Italian lake,

You are a piece of foreign sky,

You are my heart's unutered tune,

You are a candle in my night,

You are the flowers in my rains,

You are a bit of blue in my dark sky."

(Anne Campbell)



Finding faults in others...

"He who blame others,

still has a long time to go,

He who blame himself,

is halfway there,

He who blame no one has arrived."

(Khalil Gibran)



Breath.

"Breath is the bridge

which connects life to consiousness,

which unites our body to our thoughts."

(Thich Nhat Hanh)

Still...

"Between too many miles

and too little smiles,

I remember you still...."



Going home.

"When there's nowhere

that you have determined

to call your own,

Then no matter where you go,

you are always going home."

(Muso Soseki, 1275-1351)