old soul. new perspective

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

When you know who you truly are, there is an abiding alive sense of peace. You could call it joy because that’s what joy is, vibrantly alive peace. It is the joy of knowing yourself as the very life essence before life takes on form. That is the joy of being, of being who you truly are.

—Eckhart Tolle (via sun-hawk)

gratitude

jason. the sound of my best friend out of breath. delicious salmon and white wine sauce. a glass of white wine. white jeans. shopping. a fresh manicure. flirting with servers. “how firmly you feel about god”. i’m so imperfect. authenticity. not taking it personally. it all comes full circle. curly hair. “you and me gonna rise up…and they will be surprised yea”. 

everfailedtryagain:

“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, & how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”

i’m just catching up to what i really am

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

—Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings (via jaheira)

(via oceanandwave)

Sit quietly and close your eyes. The light within you is sufficient.

—Marianne Williamson (via shaktilover)