“Sacred Awe” | Anthony Satori
“I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
Happy New Year, everyone! May you have health, happiness, peace, and prosperity – and, above all, love – in this, your one wild and precious life.
“Mountain Ridge” | Anthony Satori
“Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love… true love never dies. You remember that. It doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in.”
— Tim McCanlies (Secondhand Lions)
“Tree in a Field of Yellow Flowers” | Anthony Satori
“The temple bell stops, but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.”
— Matsuo Basho
Our connection with God does not have to begin and end at the temple door. If we pay attention, watch closely, and listen carefully, we will find it vibrating throughout everything around us.
“The Light Within” | Anthony Satori
“If you are to shed the light of the sun upon others, you must first of all have it within yourself.”
— Romain Rolland
“Flight” | Anthony Satori
“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will long to return.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“The Seagull” | Anthony Satori
[a poem]
Who knows?
Perhaps the seagull
was once a fish
who dreamed of the sky
so earnestly
that Nature eventually decided
to give her wings.
“Contemplation” | Anthony Satori
“Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle — even though it cannot be solved — is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.”
— Tom Robbins
“In the Quiet of Night” | Anthony Satori
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Shadows of Burgundy” | Anthony Satori
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“The Stacks” | Anthony Satori
“The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words.”
— Jack Kerouac
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