#erin

When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#suffering-of-humanity #beauty

Indeed, "brute force" solutions are often characteristic of advanced cultures, not primitive ones. The Romans and their predecessors spent a long time figuring out how to build arches... and virtually all our buildings today use post-and-lintel construction, precisely what the arch was devised to replace. We have better materials and more money, and given that, arches are usually not worth the extra complexity. ↗

— Henry Spencer

#brute-force #complexity #elegance #engineering #architecture

Tomorrow's leaders will not lead dictating from the front, nor pushing from the back. They will lead from the centre - from the heart ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#empowering-others #evolved-consciousness #leaders #leadership #leadership-styles

Busy with the ugliness of the expensive success We forget the easiness of free beauty Lying sad right around the corner, Only an instant removed, Unnoticed and squandered. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#busy #corner #dejan-stojanovic #expensive #free

If you want engagement, you must engage. ↗

— Karen Martin

#continuous-improvement #kaizen #lean #process-design #process-improvement

Education is what you get from reading the small print; experience is what you get from not reading it. ↗

— Common

#experince #insurance #wisdown #business

Chaos is the enemy of any organization the strives to be outstanding. ↗

— Karen Martin

#continuous-improvement #kaizen #lean #process-design #process-improvement

The natural way of life is perfect as it, seeds die so flowers can bloom, and in time they give themselves back to the earth. ↗

— Martin Suarez

#departing #gone #life #life-lessons #suffering-clinging

Here was my lesson in the reach of veterinary medicine, in how an animal doctor may not be the one standing up when disaster strikes and someone shouts, 'Is there a doctor in the house?' but occasionally, if he or she is lucky, a vet can help heal a sick loved one. ↗

— Nick Trout

#love

...love is suffering - that's the happy ending... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #suffering #love