You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself – without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat. For yoga is…
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you start dying slowly – martha medeiros
You start dying slowlyif you do not travel,if you do not read,If you do not listen to the sounds of life,If you do not appreciate yourself. You start dying slowlyWhen you kill your self-esteem;When you do not let others help you. You start dying slowlyIf you become a slave of your habits,Walking everyday on the…
ekla chalo re (walk alone) – rabindranath tagore
If they answer not to your call walk aloneIf they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,O thou unlucky one,Open your mind and speak out alone.If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness,O thou unlucky one,Trample the thorns under thy tread,And along the blood-lined track travel alone.If they shut doors and…
the best – lao tzu
The best, like water,Benefit all and do not compete.They dwell in lowly spots that everyone else scorns.Putting others before themselves,They find themselves in the foremost placeAnd come very near to The Tao.In their dwelling, they love the Earth;In their heart, they love what is deep;In personal relationships, they love kindness;In their words, they love truth.In…
dog walking in boulder
Boulder, Colorado is a great place to walk. In the 1960s, several forward thinking people established a greenbelt around Boulder – also called Open Space. Boulder is a great place to walk your dog off leash if you are a Boulder resident and have a “voice and sight” tag for your dog. Here are some…
street photography in france 2018
France is a great place to photograph people. 2 reasons – first the people are very colorful and often fashionable, the second and more important reason – I don’t speak French. I would just gesture and ask them if I could “make a portrait” (as Eric Kim says) of them. If they cussed me out,…
spring break books
Read some thought provoking books this weekend. In these five breaths – Paul R Lipton This is a semi autobiographical piece from Paul Lipton, a retired attorney from Boulder. The protagonist ends up in a hospital, dying, with 5 breaths remaining. During each breath he relives periods of his life. As Soren Kierkegarrd says “Life…
photography books
Looked through some interesting photo books this weekend. 3 of my favorites are: Koudelka Koudelka – Gypsies Looking In – Robert Frank’s The Americans Some quotes from Robert Frank: What you reject ….. is just as important. When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want…
walk in marble
Marble, Colorado is one of my favorite places to walk. We have a cabin there, in the shadow of Mt. Whitehouse. Part of this mountain is an old marble mine – the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC was carved from marble mined here. Marble is down the road from Carbondale – Mt. Sopris looms over…