"So few grains of happiness
measured against all the dark
and still the scales balance.
The world asks of us
only the strength we have and we give it.
Then it asks more, and we give it."
If you are feeling overwhelmed, if you are weary of heart, for you: https://t.co/0iugGhC1Ix
// on healing introspection
Questions:
✨Am I being honest with myself?
✨Am I allowing myself the space to heal?
✨Am I being compassionate and patient toward myself when in not meeting my goals as quickly as… https://t.co/rbCqq4mQjj
“In forty years of medical practice, I have found only two types of non-pharmaceutical ‘therapy’ to be vitally important for patients with chronic neurological diseases: music and gardens.”
Oliver Sacks on the healing power of gardens and nature: https://t.co/dBRTyeaIDI
On LIVING: "...an underground chest of tactile treasures, pulsating with aliveness that no screen could ever simulate. As though intuiting this awakening of awe, nature turns up the spectacle in a dramatic downpour, sunbeams piercing through the rainclouds..." @brainpickings
Hai. SPRING IS HERE!!! I seriously cannot contain my excitement over asparagus, rhubarb, spinach, the coming joy of strawberries and blueberries. IT'S TOO WONDERFUL and the earth produces tiny little miracles in the form of food everyday.
https://t.co/npauKrOE0I
Your cells know your deepest feelings. There is almost nothing more crucial than learning to love leisure. This is an active practice that creates new brain cells, which heals and regenerates your brain and body. I can't think of anything more imperative.