“ The glassblower knows: while in the heat of beginning, any shape is possible. Once hardened, the only way to change is to break. Mark Nepo
“ It makes me wonder now, in middle age, if being spontaneous and kind and curious are all parts of our natural ability to swim. Mark Nepo
“ …I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky. (p.275) Mark Nepo
“ Inside Gravity Inside gravity, the same things happen, just slower. When a plate breaks, we call it an accident. When a heart breaks, we call it sad. If it is ours, we say tragic. When a dream breaks,… Mark Nepo
“ Havin loved enough and lost enough,I'm no longer searching,just opening,no longer trying to make sense of painbut trying to be a soft and sturdy homein which real things can land.These are the irritat… Mark Nepo
“ To walk quietly until the miracle in everything speaks is poetry, whether we write it down or not. Mark Nepo
“ It’s like wearing gloves every time we touch something, and then, forgetting we chose to put them on, we complain that nothing feels quite real. Mark Nepo
“ Once waking into the realization that eternity is waiting in every moment, I discovered that wealth is time, not money. Mark Nepo
“ Since speed and confidence are the traits of success we are taught to strive with, it takes added courage to welcome time and humility into our lives. Mark Nepo
“ Perhaps one of the hardest remedies to accept for our pain of becoming is that wherever we are in our path—no matter how flawed or incomplete—is a blossoming unto itself. Mark Nepo
“ If peace comes from seeing the whole,then misery stems from a loss of perspective.We begin so aware and grateful. The sun somehow hangs there in the sky. The little bird sings. The miracle of life jus… Mark Nepo
“ Sometimes the simplest and best use of our will is to drop it all and just walk out from under everything that is covering us, even if only for an hour or so—just walk out from under the webs we've sp… Mark Nepo
“ In a Burst of Oneness When wax and wick work best, light and heat are all that's left. Like a candle, our wick of spirit is encased in our humanity, and when our spirit is touched, we light up until a… Mark Nepo
“ In this world, hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible. —BUDDHA Mark Nepo
“ Often we find it easier to think our way around things rather than to feel our way through them: Mark Nepo
