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Rumi
We Love: that's why life is full of so many wonderful gifts. - Rumi |
Mi Dama/My Lady by Sor Juana Inez De La Cruz
(Español) Perdite, señora, quiero de mi silencio perdón, si lo que ha sido atención le hace parecer grosero. Y no me podrás culpar si hasta aquí mi proceder, por ocuparse en querer, se ha olvidado de explicar. Que en mi amorosa pasión no fue desuido, ni mengua, quitar el uso a la lengua por dárselo al corazón. Ni de explicarme dejaba: que, como la pasión mía acá en el alma te vía, acá en el alma te hablaba. Y en esta idea notable dichosamenta vivía, porque en mi mano tenia el fingirte favorable. Con traza tan peregrina vivió mi esperanza vana, pues te pudo hacer humana concibiéndote divina. ¡Oh, cuán loca llegué a verme en tus dichosos amores, que, aun fingidos, tus favores pudieron enloquecerme! ¡Oh, cómo, en tu sol hermoso mi ardiente afecto encendido, por cebarse en lo lucido, olvidó lo peligroso! Perdona, si atrevimiento fue atreverme a tu ardor puro; que no hay sagrado seguro de culpas de pensamiento. De esta manera engañaba la loca esperanza mía, y dentro de mí tenía todo el bien que deseaba. Mas ya tu precepto grave rompe mi silencio mudo; que él solamente ser pudo de mi respeto la llave. Y aunque el amar tu belleza es delito sin disculpa castígueseme la culpa primero que la tibieza. No quieras, pues, rigurosa, que, estando ya declarada, sea de veras desdichada quien fue de burlas dichosa. Si culpas mi desacato, culpa también tu licencia; que si es mala mi obediencia, no fue justo tu mandato Y si es culpable mi intento, será mi afecto precito, porque es amarte un delito de que nunca me arrepiento. Esto en mis afectos hallo, y más, que explicar no sé; mas tú, de lo que callé, inferirás lo que callo. -Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (English) My lady, I must implore forgiveness for keeping still, if what I meant as tribute ran contrary to your will. Please do not reproach me if the course I have maintained in the eagerness of my love left my silence unexplained. I love you with so much passion, neither rudeness nor neglect can explain why I tied my tongue, yet left my heart unchecked. The matter to me was simple: love for you was so strong, I could see you in my soul and talk to you all day long. With this idea in mind, I lived in utter delight, pretending my subterfuge found favor in your sight. In this strange, ingenious fashion, I allowed the hope to be mine that I still might see as human what I really conceived as divine. Oh, how mad I became in my blissful love of you, for even though feigned, your favor made all my madness seem true! How unwisely my ardent love, which your glorious sun inflamed, sought to feed upon your brightness, though the risk of your fire was plain! Forgive me if, thus emboldened, I made bold with that sacred fire: there's no sanctuary secure when thought's transgressions conspire. Thus it was I kept indulging these foolhardy hopes of mine, enjoying within myself a happiness sublime. But now, at your solemn bidding, this silence I herewith suspend, for your summons unlocks in me a respect no time can end. And, although loving your beauty is a crime beyond repair, rather the crime be chastised than my fervor cease to dare. With this confession in hand, I pray, be less stern with me. Do not condemn to distress one who fancied bliss so free. If you blame me for disrespect, remember, you gave me leave; thus, if obedience was wrong, your commanding must be my reprieve. Let my love be ever doomed if guilty in its intent, for loving you is a crime of which I will never repent. This much I descry in my feelings-- and more that I cannot explain; but you, from what I've not said, may infer what words won't contain. -Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz |
ヅ It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches.
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish |
I don't like Tuesday either
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Love came, and became like blood in my body. It rushed through my veins and encircled my heart. Everywhere I looked, I saw one thing. Love's name written on my limbs, on my left palm, on my forehead, on the back of my neck, on my right big toe… Oh, my friend, all that you see of me is just a shell, and the rest belongs to love. -Rumi |
Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full. - Shams Tabrizi |
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love. -Rumi |
Lovely days don't come to you, you should walk to them... - Rumi |
A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
- Patricia Neal |
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"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience."
~Henry Miller |
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“I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person”
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Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Every morning by Jane Changes
Every morning we wake up we have a chance to direct our day ~ Will I begin with gratitude for the new day ~ Will I take steps towards my goals and my initiatives ~ Will I seek inspiration and knowledge ~ Will I be accountable for where I am and where I can go ~~~~~~~ When ~~~~~~~~ We think about the day and what we want to make of it we take action When we follow the thought with action we have made progress When we are aware of this progress we become grateful ~~~~~~ Gratitude ~~~~~~ Shift from thoughts of doubt and fear to thoughts of Gratitude which opens doors Hope seems to push the door open further and we find ourselves surrounded by opportunity Every day life presents situations we interrupt by our thoughts ~ learn to shift those to the positive ~ and you will shift your entire life. - Jane Changes |
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In the house of lovers, the music never stops, the walls are made of songs & the floor dances. - Rumi |
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You |
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
~George Bernard Shaw |
On most days, I can be found somewhere between II & III....
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out. II I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out. III I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately. IV I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it. V I walk down another street. Copyright (c) 1993, by Portia Nelson from the book There's A Hole in My Sidewalk. Reproduced with kind permission from Beyond Words Publishing, Hillsboro, Oregon. |
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The very purpose of our life is happiness, which is sustained by hope. We have no guarantee about the future, but we exist in the hope of something better. Hope means keeping going, thinking, ‘I can do this.’ It brings inner strength, self-confidence, the ability to do what you do honestly, truthfully and transparently. - Dalai Lama |
The spirit of her invincible heart guided her through the shadows. ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
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