Doing Nothing Is Better Than Doing Nothing.

(Today I learned the meaning of bel far niente - "the beauty of doing nothing")

“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing”

- Lao Tzu


You could be reaping the benefits from doing nothing;
Or you could be straining yourself doing nothing.
It is an Art, really.

- Ghostwise

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“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself”

- Zen Proverb


Or you could be one with nothing.
It is Spiritual, really.

- Ghostwise

I Seek Wisdom And Foolishness In Equal Measure.

(I just came down from a Zen retreat - a little wiser, a litter more foolish.)

Spring has its hundred flowers,
Autumn its moon,
Summer has its cooling breezes,
Winter its snow.
If you allow no idle concerns
To weight on your heart,
Your whole life will be one
Perennial good season.

- The Golden Age of Zen, p. 286


I found that it was one season -
In the green of the tropical jungle.

- Ghostwise

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A little foolishess, enough to enjoy life
and a little wisdom to avoid the errors,
that will do.

- Osho


I went up the hill,
To seek a little more wisdom
And a little more foolishness
In equal measure.

- Ghostwise

The Grass Grows By Itself.

(Today I cut grass in a light drizzle.)

“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself”

- Zen Proverb


Life goes on, even if you don't.

- Ghostwise

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I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies.

- Boris Pasternak


If you don't lower yourself to the grass, you'll not hear the sound of the earth.

- Ghostwise

And In Spring Becomes The Rose.

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long,
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong,
just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose.

- Bette Midler


For some
Spring is the time for renewed hope.

- Ghostwise

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April is the cruelest month,
breeding Lilacs out of the dead land,
mixing Memory and desire,
stirring Dull roots with spring rain.

- T.S.Eliot


For others
Spring is the cruelest season.

- Ghostwise

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