Apples on a Windowsill Quotes

“Hafiz: “Greatness / is always / built upon this foundation: / the ability to appear, speak, and act / as the most / common / man.”
― Shawna Lemay, Apples on a Windowsill

“tonglen—a Buddhist practice used to awaken compassion—on the in-breath you take in the pain of another, and on the out-breath you send them love and relief.”
― Shawna Lemay, Apples on a Windowsill

“learned that you could come back to these places where your spirit was hurt or broken or leaking out, and you can replace those missing or damaged parts with something more joyful. That there are more ways to heal than one, and that in looking back at moments in a life, and holding them for a bit, you can laugh a little at how you were and who you are now. We get to reread our own selves, the stories of our lives, with tenderness and forgiveness.”
― Shawna Lemay, Apples on a Windowsill