Live in such a way...

"We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather around us, that they may see their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer perhaps even a fiercer life because of our quiet."-William Butler Yeats

Wow. I want to live in this way.

This quote gives me goosebumps. It is profound. It is wonderful to read aloud and see which phrases slow you down...."beings gather around us," and "because of our quiet."

I include an image of Caravaggio's Narcissus because it demonstrates how still water can draw a being to its surface and see his own image reflected. If we live in such a way, calm and quiet like still water, can people see themselves when they look upon us?

Narcissus, however, is not moved to live a "clearer" or "fiercer" life. Instead, he is decieved by the reflection and falls in-love with his image.