Inspirational Quotes and Stuff

[Sangye]

I thought it might be nice to have a thread to share inspirational quotes, stories, etc....

I saw this one on Twitter today. It gave me a completely new perspective on despair.

"Despair is always presumptuous. How do we know what lies in the Great Not Yet?”
– John Claypool

[elephant]

Sangye you got me on "what lies in the Great Not Yet?" If you were the professor and asked my what that meant...I would be looking down at a peice of paper....

[Sangye]

LOL-- It's just a poetic way of saying "the future that hasn't happened yet."

[pberggren1]

LOL-- It's just a poetic way of saying "the future that hasn't happened yet."

So what about the future that has happened?

[elephant]

I like that saying, thanks for explaining..

[Sangye]

This is a great video of the song "Everything Changes" by Mercedes Sosa. A Twitter friend sent it to me. I just loved it. Here's the link to his blog post that has the English translation. Often the contemplation of impermanence is the only thing that gets me through the day.