If no one has ever told you this before, let me be the one to tell you.
Some days, just existing is enough.
Not every day has to be productive.
Not every moment has to have meaning.
Not everything has to lead somewhere.
The meaning of life is to live.
Not to prove your worth or to be something else. Yet many feel they have to achieve something great, as if they need a justification for being here.
But you don't have to justify yourself.
You have the right to exist.
To breathe.
To stop.
To live a day where nothing happens.
Have you turned rest into guilt?
Have you convinced yourself that if you're not doing something, you're wasting time?
But being alive is not a waste.
It is the whole point.
On certain days, the most revolutionary act you can perform is simply to exist.
Without apologising for it.

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The most important thing is that even if we are far apart, I will always be with you.
I will always be with you.
I will always be with you.

I have looked in all the places where you are not.
But I cannot find the place where you are.
I only know that you are where I am not.
And where am I?
How I wish you were here to tell me.
Maybe you really are here, and even though we are separated, we are always together.
How wonderful for us...

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If they don't hurt others, they're not happy.
I would really like to understand, but I can't, though I don't hate them.
The only way to cure evil is to love them.

~ Alda Merini
(poet)

Non devi aspettare la felicità, perché non c'è tempo.
È adesso l'ora di essere felice.
Non devi andare da qualche altra parte, per trovarla è già qui.
Non devi fare qualcos'altro, perché non c'è nient'altro.
Non devi ottenere qualcos'altro, perché tutto ciò che hai è già abbastanza.
Devi solo essere.
La tua vita è la tua pratica.
Non devi lavorare così duramente per cambiare quello che sei.
Non devi cercare di essere più naturale, normale o buono.
Succede da se quando meno te lo aspetti.
Se a volte ti senti "smarrito" prova questo:
-qualsiasi cosa tu stia facendo fermati
-prenditi cura di ciò che ti è di fronte ora e la confusione passerà.
Questo è chiamato lo sforzo senza sforzo.

"Nessuno sforzo" è l'energia che alimenta l'universo.
Con il tempo, le tue radici andranno in profondità e i tuoi rami si fortificheranno.
Appoggiati un po' meno indietro nella paura e un po' meno avanti nel dubbio.
Riposa saldamente nel punto in cui ti trovi.
Quando il vento soffia, piegati.
Quando si ferma, raddrizzati.
I tuoi rami offrono riparo e ombra.
La tua forza sostiene il cielo.
Sedendo tranquillamente, senza fare niente, arriva la primavera e l'erba cresce da sola.

Karen Maezen Miller
(monaca zen statunitense)
da: facebook


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You don't have to wait for happiness, because there's no time.
Now is the time to be happy.
You don't have to go anywhere else to find it, because it's already here.
You don't have to do anything else, because there's nothing else.
You don't have to get anything else, because everything you have is already enough.
You just have to be.
Your life is your practice.
You don't have to work so hard to change who you are.
You don't have to try to be more natural, normal or good.
It happens on its own when you least expect it.
If you sometimes feel 'lost', try this:
-whatever you are doing, stop
-take care of what is in front of you now and the confusion will pass.
This is called effortless effort.

'No effort' is the energy that powers the universe.
In time, your roots will go deep and your branches will strengthen.
Lean back a little less in fear and lean forward a little less in doubt.
Rest firmly where you are.
When the wind blows, bend.
When it stops, straighten up.
Your branches offer shelter and shade.
Your strength supports the sky.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Karen Maezen Miller
(US zen nun)
from: facebook

La felicità non è una destinazione né un traguardo.
Non può essere generata, comprata, né venduta.
Non ha nulla a che vedere con quanto possiedi.
Non può essere controllata.
Semplicemente accade.
Accade quando smetti di cercarla.
Accade quando lasci perdere ogni tuo sforzo.
Accade quando meno te l'aspetti.
Accade nello spazio tra i pensieri.
Accade nel silenzio che fa da sfondo ai suoni.
Accade nella calma del mattino, o mentre il sole gentilmente tramonta, o quando ti si spezza il cuore.
Può accadere nel bel mezzo della tristezza, dell'angoscia, del dubbio, della confusione, della paura.
È come il cielo, onnipresente, perfino mentre cade la pioggia, perfino mentre infuria il temporale.
Non cercare la felicità;
sii la felicità, conoscila, ricordala.

- Jeff Foster
(guida spirituale statunitense)

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Happiness is not a destination or a goal.
It cannot be generated, bought or sold.
It has nothing to do with how much you own.
It cannot be controlled.
It simply happens.
It happens when you stop looking for it.
It happens when you let go of all your efforts.
It happens when you least expect it.
It happens in the space between thoughts.
It happens in the silence that is the background to sounds.
It happens in the calm of the morning, or as the sun gently sets, or when your heart breaks.
It can happen in the midst of sadness, anguish, doubt, confusion, fear.
It is like the sky, omnipresent, even when the rain falls, even when the storm rages.
Do not seek happiness;
be happiness, know it, remember it.

- Jeff Foster
(US spiritual guide)

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Whatever happens, whatever dream, path, journey, challenge or trial you accept, never tell yourself that you can't do it, don't say I can't do it or I won't make it.
Be careful with the words you say to yourself because they stay inside you.
And then they inhabit you and become your behaviour, your attitude, your charisma, they steal your clothes from your wardrobe and go out pretending to be you.
And then people think that's you and they say hello, good morning, dear lady, I can't do it.
Words become true.
And when you say bad words, you always become brutal.
Never become your own adversary.
Never bet against yourself.
Don't become your own enemy.
Yes, they are details, but always favour the details.
Even a door handle is a detail.
Yet it is the door handle that transforms a wall into a door.

~ Gio Evan ~
(poet)

And then life teaches us that we must always fly high.
Higher than envy, pain and malice.
Higher than tears and judgements.
We must always fly high.
Where certain words cannot offend us.
Where certain gestures cannot hurt us.
Where certain people can never reach us.

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You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop.

~ Rumi ~

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May God bless you and keep you always.
May all your wishes come true.
May you always do something for others and let others do something for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars and climb every rung.
May you have a solid foundation when the winds of change blow through your life.
May you always know the truth and see the light around you.
And I would personally add that may you always feel alive inside yourself.

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In life, you must learn the art of losing, because sooner or later you will lose everything.
You will lose your family members.
Friends will drift away.
Money will come and go.
Your health will decline.
One day, you too will be forgotten.
Everything that now seems crucial—your reputation,
your achievements,
your problems—
will not last.
Why take it so seriously?
Why spend your days worrying about what others think when, in the end, they will forget you ever existed?
Why stress over minor issues when we will end up losing what really matters?
We behave as if everything were permanent.
When in reality nothing is.
We cling tightly to things that are already fading away.
You waste your limited time agonising over losses that haven't happened yet, but when you accept that loss is part of life, you can finally relax.
You can stop taking yourself so seriously.
In the end, everything will end anyway.