Several years ago, a man was on a trip and was making conversation with a taxi driver, asking him the usual questions such as how he came to live where he lived. He asked him a hypothetical question: “If you could live anywhere in the world and if money was no object, where would you live?” Without hesitating even for a second, the taxi driver replied, “I live in my heart. So it really doesn’t matter where my body lives. If I am happy inside, then I live in paradise, no matter where my residence is.” If you can’t find happiness inside yourself, you’ll never find it in the outside world, no matter where you move. Wherever you go, there you are. You take yourself with you. HAPPINESS IS AN INSIDE JOB.
Gus Rowe
Det er den draumen
Det er den draumen me ber på
at noko vedunderleg skal skje,
at det må skje -
at tidi skal opna seg,
at hjarta skal opna seg,
at dører skal opna seg,
at kjeldor skal springa -
at draumen skal opna seg,
at me ei morgonstund skal glida inn
på ein våg me ikkje har visst um.
Olav H. Hauge
Visst dirrar det, om du berre kjenner etter.
Det dirrar både for store og små,
når ord kling saman.
Det kan dirre når to uttrykk støyter mot kvarandre,
eller ser rare ut.
Når det dukkar opp noko uventa og overraskande.
Når det kjem eit smil i andletet, eller ei tåre.
O.S. Bjørlykke