Words of Note

There is a Zulu phrase, ‘Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu’, which means ‘A person is a person through other persons.’

“One should always be curious. Not a passive curiosity dependent upon information received, but an aggressive curiosity that compels one to seek things out and ascertain them for oneself.” — Issey Miyake

“The self is a problem that thought cannot resolve.”  — Krishnamurti

There are 30 trillion cells in the human body. That means 30 trillion living organisms were involved in the writing of this tweet. Each of us humans think of ourselves as one individual, but we are a bustling civilization of life.

“Let us read and let us dance—two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.” - Voltaire

“Keep breaking your heart until it opens.” — Rumi

If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. 

- Lao Tzu

Each assemblage of details is like a fingerprint. Some of us have had the same prints throughout our lives; others have had a few sets.

"I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then."

We change, and change our view of that change, for as long as we live.

“The path isn’t a straight line; it’s a spiral. You continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deeper truths.”  source: Barry H. Gillespie

**Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu:** May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.

I love the rain. I love how it softens the outlines of things. The world becomes softly blurred, and I feel like I melt right into it.

– Hanamoto Hagumi, Honey and Clover

Instead, being is an act or event that must happen in the space between the self and the world.