Mark Nepo Thoughts

The greedy one gathered all the cherries, while the simple one tasted all the cherries in one.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

Grief can be a slow ache that never seems to stop rising, yet as we grieve, those we love mysteriously become more and more a part of who we are.

We can never be prepared for everything. No one person can anticipate all of life. In fact, overpreparation is yet another way to wall ourselves in from life.

Intuitive listening requires us to still our minds until the beauty of things older than our minds can find us.

Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign of light.

When we deny what comes through us, it defines us. When we honestly face what comes through us, then who we are grows.

Every human has an unfathomable gift that only meeting life head on will reveal.

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.