Philosophical ideas to get through hard times

Something my husband wrote to me when we were first married: ‘The love that I have is all that I have, and all that I have is yours’

Beautiful ..

Fabulous thread. Keep it going please encouraging words

I have

There is a crack in everything thats how the light gets in on my bathroom door

I also like The love you take is equal to the love you make
Paul McCartney

My granny used to say

God doesn’t pay his debts with money

I always used to be very busy. Much too busy to feed and nourish friendships. Then I retired and am less busy. But still my day was perfectly structured. Simple and self isolating in terms of communicating with friends. Now I am in forced isolation, my structure gone. I feel I am drifting. But in truth, I am still the same. The only difference being I don't like being told what to do. Strange I fear what I have lost, but I have lost nothing. What I gained is time to consider other things, which without the imposition caused by a virus I would not have otherwise done so. I guess we humans are curious creatures. There is a philosophy in there somewhere.

Heretoday when this isolation was first announced, I was bitterly sad. It isn’t that I am forever going out, in fact I sometimes spend whole days on my own quite happily. But it’s the knowing that I can’t CHOOSE to do that now, and that all the possibilities have been shut down: the visit to a gallery, lunch in a restaurant, a concert in the evening, coffee with friends. So, I am spending my days now enjoying little things in my suddenly small world: the sun on my face, a walk in the park, green shoots in my plant pots, a nice lunch, a glass of wine in the evening. And, once restrictions are lifted, I will never take the cafes, the concerts and the galleries for granted. And how sweet it will be to hug my grandchildren!

Better the cold breath of winter, than the hot breath of the pursuing elephant. Eastern, but not sure of the derivative.

This made me think...

Great messages above.
Just my own thoughts for myself today. Whenever l hear bad or disturbing things said on the News etc l am going to substitute good thinking and good ideology into my brain instead and not only that but welcome warmly those thoughts .

"Walk tall and breathe deeply.' Buddha.

I'm not self-isolating - I'm waiting in for the post/snowed in/having a duvet day/spring cleaning week/just back from holidays -

Reframing every hour (or taking one day at a time).

This will make you laugh: -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=92i5m3tV5XY

"Moments of losing courage belong to a brave life ".
- School of life. YouTube

So true above. It is in our vulnerability that we are most human and humane. The two go hand in hand.

Sleep the sleep of the just.

Dawn xx

Dont piss into the wind
You'll always get your own back

Night night everyone

Thanks a mil May 7

"Great things never come from comfort zones."
Anon.

Oh how true the above is. We have become such an evolved species; so much so that we can expect alot from ourselves; and at times too much. We can be right out of our comfort zones and pushing ourselves. But it is at times like this we must be gentle with ourselves. Do what we can; day by day.
Take care today as best we can. That is my motto for now.
Dawn xx

Not exactly philosophical, more an observation.
Mr L & I were talking about the shutdown of large shopping malls locally and how somehow irrelevant they seem to our enclosed life at the moment. I'm rather enjoying the simplicity of our pared down life.

Heard a good Mantra today.

May l be safe.
May l be healthy
May l be peaceful.

Just nice to create a quiet spot and say it three or five times to let it sink in.
Dawn xx

Goodnight.
Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.

Dont poke the sleeping dragon
Night night all

Thanks a mil May7
I really needed to hear that message myself right now.

Victor Frankl wrote that survival during the Concentration times depended on our ability to adapt to any situation. So these times adapt to any new situation as best l can. What else can we do.
Dawn

Pax
Latin for peace.

Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.
Dawn xx

Pick your battles
No too many battles put some back

Maybe appropriate for some GNs today I think
Night night

Advice from a fighter pilot: "If you didn't win the fight, win the debrief".

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken- Oscar Wilde

"Confine yourself to the present."
- Marcus Aurelius.

Such apt words.

For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

Simon Wiesenthal

"Striving to better off we mar what's well".
- Shakespeare.

"The best is the enemy of the good."
- Voltaire.

I heard the second quote years ago at a Mass service. Much nowadays is about being the best; people talk about there job, holidays, leisure, appearance and there is a competitive edge to it. If you are the best at something, it means others are second or behind you. Everything in life is about sharing the skills we all have. Just musing at the moment as all is quiet here.