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Ichi-go Ichi-e | One Time, One Meeting | Mujud Roz: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom

September 1, 2021 Natasha Comments 19 Comments

“Ichi-go ichi-e” (in Japanese) translates to treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment. The term has been translated as “for this time only”, and “once in a lifetime”. “Mujud Roz” is a Kashmiri blessing and benediction that translates to (always) be in the present. It’s a reminder that life manifests in the here and now and to relish the present moment, as it passes in the blink of an eye.

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Breathe: #WordOfTheYear #WOTY #MondayMusings

January 30, 2019 Natasha Comments 18 Comments

“Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born.” – Daisaku Ikeda MY WORD OF THE YEAR AND ALL THAT JAZZ: You may wonder what’s taken me so long to come up with my Word of the Year (WOTY), while most of you are done and dusted (err not really, rather have begun to work) with…