Quote of the day

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Mar 29, 2019 07:22 PM by Magical Realist.)

“Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.”
― Ramana Maharshi

[Image: flowering%20trees.jpg.620x0_q80_crop-sma...e-true.jpg]

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Mar 30, 2019 04:14 PM by Magical Realist.)

“And it is exceedingly short, his galloping life. Dogs die so soon. I have my stories of that grief, no doubt many of you do also. It is almost a failure of will, a failure of love, to let them grow old—or so it feels. We would do anything to keep them with us, and to keep them young. The one gift we cannot give.”
― Mary Oliver, Dog Songs

**Magical Realist** · Mar 31, 2019 07:41 PM

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

**Magical Realist** · Apr 1, 2019 07:45 AM

“Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.”
― Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye

**Magical Realist** · Apr 2, 2019 07:27 PM

"Almost everyone has a way of communing with something greater than themselves, whether it's walking in nature or singing in a choir... Whatever gives you a sense of trust in the universe is important to honor.”
― Helen S. Rosenau

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Apr 3, 2019 08:14 PM by Magical Realist.)

“It stands to reason that anyone who learns to live well will die well. The skills are the same: being present in the moment, and humble, and brave, and keeping a sense of humor. ”
― Victoria Moran, Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit

“Your life is your practice. Your spiritual practice does not occur someplace other than in your life right now, and your life is nowhere other than where you are. You are looking for answers, insight, and wisdom that you already possess. Live the life in front of you, be the life you are, and see what you find out for yourself.”
― Karen Maezen Miller, Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood

**Magical Realist** · Apr 4, 2019 04:56 PM

“Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.”
― George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone

**Magical Realist** · Apr 6, 2019 04:25 PM

"I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.”
― Lauren Myracle

**Magical Realist** · Apr 7, 2019 06:10 PM

"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Apr 9, 2019 02:26 AM by Magical Realist.)

“A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned?”
― Alan Moore, Watchmen