Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm. Thich Nhat Hanh | 
MY SUNDAY READING. Since Thich Nhat Hanh's death, I've been reading his words every day. This is a new book that I just started today. He opens with the 'fear behind our joy“ and “original fear“ and “original desire.“ He focuses on how fear keeps us from connecting to each other. Perfect for Sunday Reading! paulacappa.wordpress.com
Here is a book on my wish list that addresses something we all struggle with at times: fear. Thich Nhat Hanh explores the origins of our fears, illuminating a path to finding peace and freedom from anxiety and offering powerful tools to help us eradicate it from our lives.
#personvsfear #conflictedworlds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
so-soProperly sub titled ‘essential wisdom for getting through the storm‘, this book provides insight on how to calm the chaos within you. I didn‘t like the writing style but I still got a meaningful message: it all starts within, always go back to your centre. It will be a challenge doing that but I am determined to practice. I think I have found my new Paulo Coelho. 3/5
Starting this book tonight!
“To sincerely accept others as they are, we must begin with ourselves.”
#peace #zen #acceptance #compassion
In the way you sit, speak, and walk, you can show the other person that she is safe in your presence...
“As we become aware of the feelings inside, our self understanding deepens. We see how our fears contribute to our unhappiness, and we see the value of loving ourselves and cultivating a heart of compassion.”
“To be alive, breathing, taking steps on this planet, is a wonderful thing. We don‘t need to drink some wine or host a dinner party to celebrate life; we can celebrate in every moment with our breathing and our steps. With mindfulness and concentration, we can get in touch and live every moment of our daily lives as a miracle. And we can do it right now, today”
“We should learn how to breathe in and out to release our tension and embrace our painful feelings. When there is a feeling of fear, anger, or despair, we have to know how to take care of that feeling. When there is a conflict, we have to know how to practice deep listening, and loving speech in order to restore communication. Our practice helps transform the suffering in ourselves, in our family, in our community, and in the world.”
“The suffering inside us reflects the suffering in the world. If we understand our suffering, we understand the suffering of the world; if we can transform our own suffering, we‘ll be able to help transform the suffering in the world.”
Change always has to start within oneself.
“Walk with your feet, not with your head. Bring your attention to your feet and walk. Walk in such a way that joy and real life are possible right here and now.”
Happy Sunday!
#socksunday
“We have lost our capacity to say things calmly. We get irritated too easily. Every time we open our mouths, our speech is sour or bitter. We have lost our capacity for speaking with kindness. Without this ability, we cannot succeed in restoring harmony, love, and happiness.”
“We can‘t seem to use our words to speak, so we end up using bombs instead. When we arrive at the point where we can‘t communicate with our words and we have to use guns, we have succumbed to despair”
“Caring for yourself, reestablishing peace in yourself, is the basic condition for helping someone else.”
“Many people use hurtful words against children. That knife of hurt may twist in a child‘s heart every day for the rest of his life. In our family, in our society, on our planet, every day we create more people with knives in their hearts. And because they hold knives in their hearts, their suffering and rage overwhelms their families, their society, the world.”
The afternoon is overcast and chilly, a good opportunity for some reflecting
“We know that other people are impermanent, but in our daily life we assume that they are permanent. With this awareness, we can treat others with more love and understanding.”
Happy Valentine‘s Day! 💕 :)
“Fear spoils our lives and makes us miserable. We cling to objects and to people, like a drowning person clings to any object that floats by.”
“The past no longer is, the future is not yet here; there is only one moment in which life is available, and that is the present moment.”
In bed with a fever, what else to do but read? :) Hope everyone is doing good! 💕
“When we suppress our fearful thoughts, they continue to fester there in the dark. We are driven to consume (food, alcohol, movies, etc.) in an attempt to forget and keep those thoughts from surfacing in our conscious mind. Running away from our fear ultimately makes us suffer and makes others suffer, and our fear only grows stronger.”
“Acknowledging and soothing the fear within is the first step in letting it go.”
Another day, another book. Happy readings wherever you are! 💕☕️📚
