Playing Boules

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

lightly child lightly…

“It’s dark because you are trying too hard.
Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly.
Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.
Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
― Aldous Huxley

Art by Ally

Every now and again I take things too seriously
and this quote comes up as a constant reminder!

Lightly child, lightly…

This piece by Aldous Huxley, from his book “Island” really made me think…

“It’s dark because you are trying too hard.
Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly.
Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.
Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.
I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humorless little prig.
Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me.
When it comes to dying even. Nothing ponderous, or portentous, or emphatic.
No rhetoric, no tremolos,
no self-conscious persona putting on its celebrated imitation of Christ or Little Nell.
And of course, no theology, no metaphysics.
Just the fact of dying and the fact of the clear light.
So throw away your baggage and go forward.
There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet,
trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair.
That’s why you must walk so lightly.
Lightly my darling,
on tiptoes and no luggage,
not even a sponge bag,
completely unencumbered.”

I’m a seed…

“They tried to bury me, but they didn’t know that I’m a seed.”
-Mexican proverb

Happy Birthday, Madiba…

Every year on Nelson Mandela’s birthday,
the people aim to highlight his 67 years
of selfless dedication to fighting for peace,
reconciliation, and democracy by doing good for others.

It’s one day of the year
where people are asked
to spend 67 minutes of their time
performing selfless acts for the less fortunate…

Son of the soil…

Hamba Kahle Johnny Glegg…
☆”We are the scatterlings of Africa, on our journey to the stars.”☆

A towering giant has fallen
with the passing of legendary Singer-songwriter
& Anthropologist Johnny Clegg.
A torchbearer of the struggle for freedom.
#whitezulu #sonofAfrica

Don’t you know yet?

“Don’t you know yet, it’s your light that lights the world.”
― Jalaluddin Rumi

Imagine..

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world,

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll join us
And the world will be as one

― John Lennon