monday morning. cup of coffee. list of things to do. figuring out how to get all the things done, how to go faster.
and then, this thought:
"Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace." - May Sarton, via planting words
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PS:
this is a post from july 2010 - i just came across it while revisiting my own blog, and thought i re-post with larger image. and nice coincidence: the "planting words" blog now is named "writing our way home", and the post that is on top there now is about revisiting a book i also have here: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by R. Pirsig. here's the direct link to the blog post (just in case for the next re-blog in 2 years): How to get to Beautiful...
PSS:
a quote from Pirsig's book: “We want to make good time, but for us now this is measured with the emphasis on "good" rather than on "time"....”
4 comments:
One of my most beloved Buddhist teachers, Martine Batchelor, always says that the more you have to do the slower you need to go.
Going slower - if only this would be easier in such moments, or rather: if only we would think of this when things get hectic and all pointers move to "faster, faster".
I smiled when I read you are revisiting this book right now: "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by R. Pirsig. I first read it a couple of years ago, and felt called to pull it from my bookshelf again just last week. For whatever reason, I felt that I must re-read.
it's Zen Motorcycle coincidence days. i will look for it in my own bookshelf, too - i remember having marked some pages in it. will see where i arrive at.
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