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“You only have so much emotional energy each day. Don’t fight battles that don’t matter.”

— Unknown

#book

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan

Under someone's bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite

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#photos

@lovesdaya

Don't expect anything to happen. Just wait. This waiting is a deep acceptance of the moment as such. Nietzsche called it amor fati-unquestioning love of whatever has fated you to be here. You reach a point where you're just sitting there, asking, "What is this?" but with no interest in an answer. The longing for an answer compromises the potency of the question. Can you be satisfied to rest in this puzzlement, this perplexity, in a deeply fo cused and embodied way? Just waiting without any expectations?

Ask "What is this?," then open yourself completely to what you "hear" in the silence that follows. Be open to this question in the same way as you would listen to a piece of music. Pay total attention to the polyphony of the birds and wind outside, the oc casional plane that flies overhead, the patter of rain on a window. Listen carefully, and notice how listening is not just an opening of the mind but an opening of the heart, a vital concern or care for the world, the source of what we call compassion or love.

🌿 Stephen Batchelor, The Art of Solitude

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Autumn for two 🍂

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Glorious first morning light in my neighborhood. The ginkgoes which you see here on the right are starting to turn!