Every Monday I send out “Meditation Mondays”, an email with thoughts and quotes that are currently inspiring me. Take what resonates with you and leave the rest behind.
Feel free to join the list if you feel so inclined.
7.3.23
Meditation Mondays
Thought
Living life as an artist is a practice.
You are either engaging in the practice
or you’re not.
It makes no sense to say you’re not good at it.
It’s like saying, “I’m not good at being a monk.”
You are either living as a monk or you’re not.
We tend to think of the artist’s work as the output.
The real work of the artist
is a way of being in the world.
-Rick Rubin. The Creative Act
Quote
Spiritual leader Buddha on the nature of existence:
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
Moment of Gratitude
I’m grateful that the sun was shining through the windows when I woke up today.
What are you grateful for?
Happy Monday,
Val
6.26.23
Meditation Mondays
Every Monday, I’ll be sending out “Meditation Mondays” – short emails with thoughts and quotes that are inspiring me.
The goal of each Mediation Monday is to share these ideas with you in the hopes that you’ll find some inspiration in them as well. Take what resonates with you and leave the rest behind.
Thought
The practice of gratitude can shift our perspective in life and open up our worldview:
When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn't get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don't get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying 'You're too this, or I'm too this.' That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.
— Ram Dass
Quote
Novelist Marcel Proust on gratitude:
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Moment of Gratitude
I’m grateful for you, taking time to read this and to contemplate these ideas with me.
What are you grateful for?
Happy Monday,
Val