The moments between
The moment before the dance begins:
Before the guitar strums, and the raised foot lowers,
this every moment: fleeting, pregnant...
before an event, a tragedy, or the flash of enlightenment.
This is now:
both feet on the smooth sand,
and the air a caress.
All these nothing moments before the grand SOMETHING,
during and after it,
are now and now and now.
If you find yourself waiting,
breathe into all the moments between.
... Adrianna Heidemann
Blessing must arise from within your own mind. It is not something that comes from outside. When the positive qualities of your mind increase and the negativities decrease, that is what blessing means. The Tibetan word for blessing … means transforming into magnificent potential. Therefore, blessing refers to the development of virtuous qualities you did not previously have and the improvement of those good qualities you have already developed. ― Dalai Lama XIV
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