"Sit down, slow down ...."

“Sit down, slow down and try to be who you are.”

"O Man, as long as you exist, know ...."

O Man, as long as you exist, know, have, and cherish,
You have not been delivered, believe me, of your burden.

Angelus Silesius

"A man who wastes his time ...."

A man who wastes his time doing useless things is either a fool or a knave.  Many things must be done, like it or not, for your country or lord, and they leave you little time of your own.  Consider: for his own welfare a man has no choice but to labor so he may secure food, clothing, and shelter.  Man’s daily necessities do not go beyond these three.  When he can live peacefully, neither hungry nor cold nor buffeted by the wind or rain, he is happy.  But all men are prey to sickness, and when sickness strikes, the pains are hard to bear; the healing art should not be forgotten. Adding medicine gives four essentials.  If a man needs but cannot obtain them, he is poor; if he lacks none of the four, he is rich.  If one seeks to obtain more than these four, it is extravagance.  Why should anyone who is modest in his demands for these four ever feel that he has not enough?

Kenko

Seeking ....

Seeking,

Building anxiety;

One is true,

Nature has its rhythm.

"My heart is like a singing bird ...."

My heart is like a singing bird

Whose nest is in a water’d shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;

My heart is like a rainbow shell

That paddles in a halcyon sea;

My heart is gladder than all these,

Because my love is come to me.

Christina G Rossetti

"I postpone death by living ...."

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

Anais Nin