| "each path is only one of a million paths. therefore, you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path. if you feel that you must now follow it, you need not stay with it under any circumstances. any path is only a path. there is no affront to yourself or others in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. but your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear and ambition. i warn you: look at every path closely and deliberately. try it as many times as you think necessary. then ask yourself and yourself alone one question. it is this: does this path have a heart? all paths are the same. they lead nowhere. they are paths going through the brush or into the brush or under the brush. does this path have a heart is the only question. if it does, then the path is good. if it doesn't, it is of no use." from the book teachings according to don juan written by anthropologist carlos castaneda.
"if your path is love, the goal is unimportant, the process will have heart." - leo buscaglia on the book he penned, entitled "Love" ( http://www.buscaglia.com ) |
~('o')~
i found buscaglia's book quite unexpectedly among many volumes at a booksale, at such time that i was yearning to find meaning, if not eloquence to a moment of "becoming", quite funny at such time that i have just changed my personal circumstances. it was that book, all in bright red, with its white letterings saying "buy me! buy me! take me with you!". and i did. i have not yet read on any further than where the "path" was discussed but, i keep coming back to it. i know there are lots more to read on... and i'm just as excited continuing as i am discovering...
in my own small way, thank you to your legacy leo f. buscaglia (1924-1998) and for echoing some of my thoughts, exactly!!! _huggin_
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