Smiling Minds Club

"The universe takes care of a surrendered heart."

Just sharing - I read this sentence today and it resonated with me.

Sometimes it's hard to surrender and trust - simply because life just happens and kind of takes over and we feel more "being lived" than living consciously.

In my experience, life feels more intense when I fully surrender and trust with all of my heart, automatically feeling more aligned within myself. To me, this is when the real magic happens and I appreciate life and all the daily little and big things as a miracle itself. Feeling grateful with all of my senses (my body, my mind, my soul... ) 💖💖💖

Does this resonate with you?

***Thank you Thích Nhất Hạnh for all your wisdom and wise words - rest in peace!***

>>> "The monk and the empty boat"
by Thích Nhất Hạnh

A monk decides to meditate alone. Away from his monastery, he takes a boat and goes to the middle of the lake, closes his eyes and begins to meditate.

After a few hours of unperturbed silence, he suddenly feels the blow of another boat hitting his.

With his eyes still closed, he feels his anger rising and, when he opens his eyes, he is ready to shout at the boatman who dared to disturb his meditation.

But when he opened his eyes, saw that it was an empty boat, not tied up, floating in the middle of the lake…

At that moment, the monk achieves self-realization and understands that anger is within him; it simply needs to hit an external object to provoke it.

After that, whenever he meets someone who irritates or provokes his anger, he remembers: “The other person is just an empty boat. Anger is inside me.“

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Found this card while packing boxes for a house move when it felt as if the days did not have enough hours... Found the empty frame right after. Put such a smile on my face back then and still does today. Our kids' artwork on the card makes it perfect... 😊❤️

So, "smile, breathe and go slowly". Maybe these are the words that you need when you read this post...