"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain,
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,
but for the patience to win my freedom."

Shantideva
(via abiding-in-peace)

"I sit before flowers

hoping they will train me in the art

of opening up."

Shane Koyczan, from The Student  (via apoetreflects). My God that is beautiful. (via crashinglybeautiful)

(via abiding-in-peace)

"The point is not to control your emotions, but instead, to not allow them to control you."

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

Rumi (via thecalminside)

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray."

Rumi (via thecalminside)