Realization
Make an island of yourself,
Make yourself your refuge;
There is no other refuge.
Make truth your island,
Make truth your refuge;
There is no other refuge.
Digha Nikaya, 16
I stepped away from that and I lost my way. It isn't so much about being distrustful, as it is realizing that you can only control your reaction to something; you can't control anyone else's. And it's not that I'm "right", but I am the truth because I know the truth about myself. And when I pretend that the truth is something it isn't, well, we ended up where we are.
-- Virgil
The A-Z's of Me:
P - Phobias: Swallowing batteries (don't ask); fear of deep water
Q - Favorite Quote: Edward Everett Hale: "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."
R - Reason to smile: I have photographic proof of one of the biggest assholes I went to undergraduate school with finally getting his comeupance--from Courtney Love, no less. She beaned him in the head with a microphone and I have the magazine photo of him with his head all wrapped up and looking forlorn. Priceless!
2 Comments:
Thank you!
I have a new favourite quote.
That is so beautiful in it's simplicity and truth.
I absolutely LOVE your quote. I have added it to the long list of those I love and read frequently. Thanks.
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