"HUMOR AND OPENNESS
Learning how to be kind to ourselves is important.
When we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn’t just ourselves that we’re discovering.
We’re discovering the universe. When we discover the buddha that we are, we realize that everything and everyone is Buddha.
We discover that everything is awake, and everyone is awake. Everything and everyone is precious and whole and good. When we regard thoughts and emotions with humor and openness, that’s how we perceive the universe." ~ Pima Chodron
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I'm not a Buddhist. I really don't know that much about Buddhism. But I do like these thoughts expressed by Pima Chödrön.
Being good to others and to ourselves. Seeing the value in others and in ourselves. Connecting with and appreciating nature to help us discover the good in all things.
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Such a lovely post this is Nancy, and i love both the quotes and your photography with it! Blessings to you in this new year
ReplyDeleteYou're right, it's a good quote!
ReplyDeleteLove the pics!
Woof! Woof! My mom is aware of this quote. Yes indeed it would be a wonderful world ... Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
ReplyDeleteI can be kind to everyone else, but struggle to be kind to myself. I need to work on it.
ReplyDeleteIt would be really good to live with such tought on everyday basis
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteSome truths are universal.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful thoughts with gorgeous photos....everything and everyone...
I like it.
Nancy, love this post and I agree about the quote. What a wonderful world it would be! Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful !!..i can't wait for spring !!...love Ria...xxx...
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post !!! I agree 100% . Have a great day
ReplyDeleteLovely thoughts, and I love the snowy photos, the landscape looks so crisp and fresh. Enjoy your day, Nancy.
ReplyDeletelovely thoughts...and perfect for reflection as we start a new year...being positive and moving forward...
ReplyDeleteYour photography truly helps discover the beauty in nature. I also love the shot of the gloves!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteHello Nancy I LOVED everything about this post it is true. Your photos always make me feel like I am there experiencing what you are. Love the gloved hands hard work and humour do go together too. Hug B
ReplyDeleteI like your post and your pictures :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful photos, especially the one of the gloves. This post speaks to me as my intent for the new year is to achieve serenity and stillness. Thank you.
ReplyDeletethe gloves do make a wonderful shot
ReplyDeleteall the photos are great
I love your photos of the landscape around you... we don't get to see that much open space around here. I can also feel the cold temps... although that might be because it's 20 degrees outside my door too..lol..
ReplyDeleteI'm not religious, but you can't go wrong with Buddhist thoughts, atleast its what I've found to be true.
Nancy ~ so good to 'see you' again' ~ Love your new photo of yourself and your photography is as awesome as ever ~ very creative ~ Great attitude ~ I find similar readings from Taoism ~
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and your family ^_^
(A Creative Harbor aka ArtMuseDog and Carol ^_^)
Beautiful shots and food for thought!
ReplyDeleteamen
ReplyDeleteYour photographs evoke so much peace. Happy New Year, Nancy!
ReplyDeleteNancy, one of the hardest things for me, a practicing Christian, is to look and see that Christ died for the meanest, lowliest, nastiest person alive...me. Oh, I want to point and say, "well, that one is engaged in human trafficking" or "that one has murdered people" but, to God, sin is sin is sin and I'm guilty or, at least, was guilty before accepting His son as Savior.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, working on taking the beam out of my own eye today -grin-.
Stay safe and warm!
Great wintery pics, here the snow is melting away at the moment!
ReplyDeleteThought-provoking to say the least. And those gloves speak volumns! Love it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful thoughts. I am not Buddhist either, but I always find the teachings to be very meaningful to me.
ReplyDeleteI like this - very thought provoking. Nicely accentuated with your winter photos.
ReplyDeleteI love this post!
ReplyDeleteI love the sparkly snow!
ReplyDeleteOne of my goals for the year is to be kinder to myself. I am my worst critic and am often too negative in my head. Trying to be nicer to myself and give myself some slack this year :)
ReplyDeleteLove the shot of the gloves! I'm back after a long break from blogland! What a nice post to come back to.
ReplyDeleteI love the first quote--I think we are more connected than we realize!
ReplyDeleteI love your photos, Nancy! Wish we had some snow :)
ReplyDeleteA photojournalist once gave a disposable camera to a child, a girl in the lowest of castes, in India. He thought what he would be getting from her would be heart-wrenchingly printable photos showing depths of despair from her world...esp. because in her world, she was considered the bottom of the bottom.
ReplyDeletewhen her pictures were developed -
she captured instead all the beauty of her world around her....all of it. In not one photo could you pity her world - it was full of life. and color. and invoked hope.
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/chapter3_section20_main.aspx
photographs are important - but not as important as the people behind them.
You have a gift, and you need to accept that, friend!
Nancy, I read Pima sometimes to remind myself of connections and to remember that I am just part of a larger scheme. The work gloves fit so well in this post which is about you and also about the larger world.
ReplyDeleteLovely thoughts to share Nancy. I like how you caught the sparkle in the snow, I have been playing with that and the back lighting on ice.
ReplyDeleteIm loving what you had to say in this post. And the photos we really fitting aswell. I hope that you have a nice day
ReplyDeleteShaun
Lovely thoughts today.
ReplyDeleteIts easier to be nice to others...harder to be nice to yourself...for me anyway...
ReplyDeleteI am not a Buddhist either but his teachings are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteExcellent post!
Your photos and this quote are a perfect match. I love the writings of Buddha...my daughter has a Buddha in her room which many think is odd being a Christian..but me...I think it is wonderful to embrace wisdom from things that we have not experienced ourselves. Thanks so much for participating in Cool Clicks.
ReplyDeleteBeing kind and good at heart comes back ten fold!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post once again my friend. I just love the quote you used here. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. And I LOVE your photos.
ReplyDeleteHugs~
Love that first shot, Pema Chadron too!
ReplyDeleteif you are interested in learning more on this topic - I was reading this to teach this to my kids (Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha.) or anything else that has the Four Noble Truths (all libraries have these books)
ReplyDeletebeautiful post and photos nancy :)
ReplyDeleteAnother great post! It seems to me that a lot of Buddhist teachings should be embraced more by the Western world.
ReplyDeletelove the glove shot. ( :
ReplyDeleteI do love the words of wisdom here. Great pics too!
ReplyDeleteThe first picture of the cattails is spectacular!
ReplyDeletelovely thoughts and a great quote to live by.
ReplyDeleteoverall a brilliant post!
love the photos you paired with it too.
thank you, dear nancy.
xx
Love how the snow glistens beyond the fence!
ReplyDeleteI don't think we have to practice a certain faith to appreciate some of the doctrines of those other than our own. This quote was lovely and worth thinking about.
Lovely thoughts to go with those words. The gloves reminded me of hands open of acceptance.
ReplyDeletelovely! Happy New Year wishes and thank you for sharing at the hop. I hope you will stop by again soon. I posted the new giveaway! xo
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