Oh Shut Up. Every Time It Rains, It Stops Raining. Every Time You Hurt, You Heal. After Darkness, There

Oh shut up. Every time it rains, it stops raining. Every time you hurt, you heal. After darkness, there is always light and you get reminded of this every morning but still you choose to believe that the night will last forever. Nothing lasts forever. Not the good or the bad. So you might as well smile while you’re here.

I Wrote This For You  (via cold-winter-days)

I suppose this is also Dao.

The power of perspective.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.”

Shunryu Suzuki (via buddhazen101)

Chop wood, carry water.

always room for words from the old man.

- Lao Tzu

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science

How our brains fool us on climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link.

A bit of a read, but absolutely worth it. This article really demonstrates the need for us to separate our emotional attachment to political and social issues, to exercise our faculties of discernment as much as possible. Reality is reality, and no matter what you value in your life, denying the way things actually are will never make things better. Remain calm and keep your mind open to the evidence that is there.

a wonderful explanation of discernment.