“Golden” | Anthony Satori
“There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It may be considered the mother of the universe. I do not know its name; I call it Tao.”
— Lao Tzu
This week was the start of the Lunar New Year. Kung xi fa cai, everyone! (A wish for happiness and prosperity.) Cheers!
“Exuberance” | Anthony Satori
[a poem]
Today I sang, I saw beauty, I spoke poetry, I felt joy.
I held wonder and sunlight in my open hands, until they overflowed.
And then I set out in search of you, to share the treasures I’d found.
“Vanilla Cupcake” | Anthony Satori
“Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.”
— George Sand
May the coming year be filled with health, happiness, and life’s most simple and exquisite pleasures.
Happy New Year, everyone!
“The Middle Way” | Anthony Satori
“There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.”
— Swami Sivananda
“Hummingbird” | Anthony Satori
“Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.”
— Burton Hills
“By Firelight” | Anthony Satori
“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roasted chestnut, a scuffed-up little coal-burning heater, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
— Nikos Kazantzakis
“Wondrous Ways” | Anthony Satori
“Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways.”
–– Sarah Ban Breathnach
“Like Water” | Anthony Satori
Embrace life with gratitude and joy. Seek beauty and goodness in every moment. The Tao of Happiness is not concerned with grasping at preconceived notions, but rather with finding the Flow, like water, and immersing oneself in it with enthusiasm and calm.
“Sun Drenched” | Anthony Satori
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
— Omar Khayyam
“In the Shade of a Tree” | Anthony Satori
“Those who decide to use [what] leisure [they have] as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation… these are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.”
— William Lyon Phelps
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