seek freedom

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires; seek discipline and find your liberty.

Frank Herbert, Dune

liberty

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

George Bernard Shaw

do you really think

do you really think that peace will come
some other place than here
some other time than now
in some other heart than yours.

Dorothy Hunt

life’s illusions

It’s life’s illusions i recall
i really don’t know life
at all …

Joni Mitchell, “Both Sides Now”

i can love (why celibacy? [4])

I can love more people this way.

tmx

he who binds

He who binds to himself a joy,
Doth the winged life destroy,
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise.

William Blake

experiences of love (why celibacy [7])

Asexuality – and/or celibacy – can open the door for more diverse experiences of love.

Kim Kaletsky

celibacy is a tool (why celibacy? [5])

Celibacy is a tool, a skilful means, like intentional simplicity of life.

Brother Gregory Perron

grow through

we go through shit,
we grow through shit

@TheRealBanksy

frog and toad

Frog – practical, a problem-solver, eternally patient – and his best friend Toad, who is ruled by his reactions to his surroundings: he wants this, he fears that. Frog never comments on Toad’s behavior, he takes gentle action. More often than not, a story ends not with Toad learning a lesson but with the two friends simply continuing on, side by side.

“Discovering the dharma in ‘Frog and Toad'”, by Arnold Lobel – article by Kathryn Jezer-Morton at LionsRoar.com