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« In this way, I forge myself through others. One practices a humor that I certainly like, this one enjoys a confidence that I value. The serenity of this one fascinates me. They all draw the ideal I aspire to. Augustine confirms: by inviting me to "become who I am", the other reveals my nature. »
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Alexandre Jollien
The Man's Job |
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Alexandre Jollien
The Man's Job
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« A conversion of my life was to stop asking myself: 'What does it take for me to be happy?' but: "How can I be happy in joy here and now?" »
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes |
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes
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« To love someone is to love them for what they are in their uniqueness. There is no need to compare it with canons of beauty but simply, and perhaps this is what the practice of Zen teaches me, to let reality be fully what it is without bringing it back to our ideals. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes |
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes
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