This Short Dance

“It is the recognition that all created things pass, and what matters then is not how much we collect or what we make or do, but how we live this short dance, and how well we learn to love.”

~from Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation by Goldstein & Kornfield

{“it” refers to rapture, defined in this book as “learning to live and practice with a light heart”}

4 Responses to “This Short Dance”


  1. 1 Kerri November 1, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    Hello miss Nicole! Your triangle dream drawing is on the front page of etsy right this blessed minute! Hooray! Hope you get lots of sales :)

  2. 2 antiphonsgarden November 2, 2010 at 7:29 pm

    I am into “sciatic nerve ” meditation these days….aaaooooouuuuiiieeeiiiiiii!

  3. 3 Googlover/keishua November 4, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    What a lovely quote. I love the definition of rapture.


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Hello there! My name is Nicole K. Docimo, and I am an artist and writer from the U.S.A. but currently residing in Zurich, Switzerand. Thank you for visiting my blog!

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