To be gentle is a magnificent practice.
Gentleness is not weak, it is very strong. When you hold an infant, you must be gentle but you must also be firm. You cannot be weak or you will drop and harm the baby.
Gentleness is focused. When we are absent-minded or inattentive, we can be hurtful and damaging. It takes presence and awareness to be gentle.
At the same time, gentleness allows us to be relaxed and humorous, authentic without tension and contrivance.
Practice your gentleness.
Be gentle towards yourself. Be gentle towards nature. Be gentle towards other people.
“I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”
“I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”
– Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle.
dustypalms: she (my tea kettle) sings so beautifully 🎶prints |…
she (my tea kettle) sings so beautifully 🎶
adventurecore-suggestions: i love all the words we have that mean traveler. i love the shades of…
i love all the words we have that mean traveler. i love the shades of difference between wanderer and rambler and rover. i love the boldness of adventurer and the purposefulness of explorer, the lawlessness of vagabond and the capability of wayfarer, the quiet reverence of pilgrim and the wild rootlessness of nomad.
“A reading major, that’s what he wants. No response papers, no exams, no analysis, just the reading.”
“A reading major, that’s what he wants. No response papers, no exams, no analysis, just the reading.”
– Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea.
lloerwyn: This is the most quintessentially Welsh response possible, and I would expect no less….
This is the most quintessentially Welsh response possible, and I would expect no less.
becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys:
Well if anyone wondered what Wales is getting up to during the Quarantine, someone set up a Facebook group called Côr-ona (“côr” being the Welsh word for choir), and are using it to teach each other descants for famous Welsh music and songs. It was set up three days ago and already has 10000 members. One of those was an accidentally-added non-Welsh speaker who is very confused, but everyone is delighted by his bewildered presence. Occasionally someone will go for a walk on a beach or mountain and upload a video of themselves singing one of the descants they’ve learned.
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“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.”
“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.”
– Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle.
marius-pont-de-bercy: For anyone who’s ever wondered who they’d be in a 19th century novel, the wait…
For anyone who’s ever wondered who they’d be in a 19th century novel, the wait is over: I put together a 19th Century Character Trope Generator!
If you’d like to reblog, put your character in the tags because I’m curious.
Canada is a rich country. Period. When they say we can’t…
Canada is a rich country. Period.
When they say we can’t afford something, it’s not that we can’t afford it.
Its because they lack the political will.
That’s why *my* favorite sign here asks:
What would *you* do with $40 Billion?
(a) 2 Fighter Jets?
(b) Or 1 million affordable homes?
Canada’s Military Industrial Complex will *always* choose “A.”
These photos date back to a peace rally earlier in the year when it was starting to look as though President Trump was going to start a war with Iran. Back before anyone had ever heard of Social Distancing.
War is never a good idea.