The Wayshower

Quote of the Day... Gift

I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing Light of your own Being.

- Hafiz -

Quote of the Day: Opening Up

"We climbed up, until I finally saw through a round opening the beauteous things which Heaven holds... And there we came out to see, once more, the stars."

~ Dante Alighieri 

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"Still I Rise" - Maya Angelou [Video]

Confidence, Courage and Strength... 

Quote of the Day... Confidence

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. 
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size 
But when I start to tell them, 
They think I'm telling lies. 
I say, 
It's in the reach of my arms 
The span of my hips, 
The stride of my step, 
The curl of my lips. 
I'm a woman 
Phenomenally. 
Phenomenal woman, 
That's me. 

― Maya Angelou, 

Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

Quote of the Day... Love

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” 

― Maya Angelou

Quote of the Day...

We never know how high we are
Till we are called to rise;
And then, if we are true to plan,
Our statures touch the skies. 

~ Emily Dickinson ~

Thought of the Day... 'The Opening of Eyes' by David Whyte

The Opening of Eyes

That day I saw beneath dark clouds
the passing light over the water
and I heard the voice of the world speak out,
I knew then, as I had before
life is no passing memory of what has been
nor the remaining pages in a great book
waiting to be read.

It is the opening of eyes long closed.
It is the vision of far off things
seen for the silence they hold.
It is the heart after years
of secret conversing
speaking out loud in the clear air.

It is Moses in the desert
fallen to his knees before the lit bush.
It is the man throwing away his shoes
as if to enter heaven
and finding himself astonished,
opened at last,
fallen in love with solid ground.

~ David Whyte ~

 

Thought of the Day... Change

 

Beyond

The
Change
Appeared
And left behind
What we had feared
And in this quietness
There is a cloudlessness
That lets us see
Beyond
Our years

~ silent lotus ~

 

Thought of the Day... "Self Portrait" by David Whyte

It doesn't interest me if there is one God
or many gods.
I want to know if you belong or feel
abandoned.
If you know despair or can see it in others.
I want to know
if you are prepared to live in the world
with its harsh need
to change you. If you can look back
with firm eyes
saying this is where I stand. I want to know
if you know
how to melt into that fierce heat of living
falling toward
the center of your longing. I want to know
if you are willing
to live, day by day, with the consequence of love
and the bitter
unwanted passion of your sure defeat.

I have been told, in that fierce embrace, even
the gods speak of God.

~ David Whyte, from Fire In the Earth ~

Quote of the Day... Love

“For a day, just for one day, 
Talk about that which disturbs no one 
And bring some peace into your 
Beautiful eyes.” 

― Hafiz, The Subject Tonight Is Love: Sixty Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz