Beauty in the Stillness

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The Japanese have a concept called shinrin yoku— forest bathing— which is a form of therapy that uses nature as a treatment for mental and spiritual issues. Hardly a week passed, even when he was president, that Roosevelt didn’t take a forest bath of some kind. How much cleaner we would feel if we took these baths as often as we took hot showers. How much more present we would be if we saw what was around us. figure, remind yourself hat i all emporary. That what you'efeling today doesa have o linge,but it doeshave s decper purposeto Work done for a reward is much lower than work done in the Yoga of wisdom. Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward. Work not for the re- ward; but never cease to do thy work.” Poems about Silence and Solitude reflect on the many ways in which stillness can be a source of comfort and strength, encouraging readers to embrace the power of silence in their daily lives. 1. Solitude UNCOVERING YOURSELE, AGAIN Thete are periodic momens i your ife whee you feelfir from the person you know you are at your core.

The biggest changes we see in our lives are rooted in the smallest habits. They’re how we spend the first hour of our mornings. They’re how we nourish our bodies through food. They’re how we speak to ourselves when no one is around. They’re in the films we watch, the music we listen to, the content we consume. They’re the people we give ourselves access to. The way we move our bodies. Where and how we spend our money. When we shift the little intricacies of our lives—when we reconsider how we leverage our personal doings with the outer world—we will notice grand shifts that will realign us on our paths to greatness. There is peace in this. It is always available to you. Don’t let the beauty of life escape you. See the world as the temple that it is. Let every experience be churchlike. Marvel at the fact that any of this exists — that you exist. Even when we are killing each other in pointless wars, even when we are killing ourselves with pointless work, we can stop and bathe in the beauty that surrounds us, always. Let it calm you. Let it cleanse you. Seek Discomfort—A call to embrace challenges and push boundaries, reminding us that growth often emerges from stepping outside our comfort zones. Green pushed the huge contract, the booing fans, his anger and frustration, and even any thought of how badly he wanted to hit the baseball completely out of his mind. How? He repeated an old Zen proverb to himself: Chop wood, carry water. Chop wood, carry water. Chop wood, carry water.

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Despite it all, beauty seemed to reign. “As long as this exists,” Anne thought to herself, “this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?” ino 4 sorm where thediswurbance shakes yo up and makes you ethink your thought patcrns. When you as for some.- thing bete,the All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written consent and permission from Thought Catalog.This is what happens,” da Vinci wrote, “to those who leave the solitary and contemplative life and choose to live in cities among people full of countless evils.” The message is not to abandon the world, retreating into a life of complete and utter solitude. No. Holiday’s point is that cultivating moments of solitude, moments alone, moments in silence, moments with only your thoughts are essential. It’s in those moments where clarity and insights are had, where real understanding of ourselves is found, where deep meaning is discovered. Here’s Holiday: These poems about the power of silence reflect on the many ways in which stillness can shape our lives and encourage us to embrace the inner peace and strength that can come from taking time to be still. 1. The Power of Silence These breaking silence poems reflect on the many ways in which speaking out can shape our lives and encourage us to embrace the courage and strength it takes to break our own silence. 1. Breaking Silence Focusing on the concepts of grief, love, and time, the book examines the idea that we create our own gods, our own demons, and spend our lives in prayer to them—often hoping that they might spare us our suffering. Through a series of deeply personal, introspective poems, Auden reflects on the relationships, traumas, and anxieties that have molded the best and worst of him in the hope that the reader may take the same journey. The Gods We Made is simultaneously the hope that we might take control of who we are and the acceptance that we never will. tell younelFor the fabricaed claims that you try ot to believe. Because s dusing th act of being mindful and awareof those momens

In English: stillness . To be steady while the world spins around you. To act without frenzy. To hear only what needs to be heard. To possess quietude—exterior and interior—on command. As summer soon comes to an end, I felt called to share this message to serve as a reminder: slow down and enjoy this current chapter in your life. pas elfis missed,your e ef i out ofsight and your current s i numb. But thse periodic moments arc hidden blesings that validateIn the face of the Sublime, we feel a shiver . . . something too large for our minds to encompass. And for a moment, it shakes us of our smugness and releases us from the deathlike grip of habit and banality. Which is why we must choose to drive out anger and replace it will love and gratitude—and purpose. Our stillness depends on our ability to slow down and choose not to be angry, to run on different fuel. Fuel that helps us win and build, and doesn’t hurt other people, our cause, or our chance at peace.” 3) Seek Solitude To the ancient Stoics, if one could develop this stillness , this peace within themselves—if they could achieve apatheia, as they called it—the world could be at war and in complete chaos, but they could maintain their tranquility. They could still think well, work well, and be well. “You may be sure that you are at peace with yourself,” Seneca wrote, “when no noise reaches you, when no word shakes you out of yourself, whether it be flattery or a threat, or merely an empty sound buzzing about you with unmeaning din.”