“Yesterday I was clever, So I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, So I am changing myself.” Rumi

“Every path that has any sincerity to it, will break your heart.” David Whyte

“In your symptoms are your soul’s greatest desires.” James Hillman

“One moment of unconditional love may call into question a lifetime of feeling unworthy, and invalidate it.” Rachael Naomi Remen

“Sadly, the most painful layer of suffering that surrounds trauma is shame. We blame ourselves for the ways our body and nervous system found to survive. The process of recovery is to awaken self-compassion, and reconnect with our natural aliveness and that lost, sacred sense of spirit.” Tara Brach, Healing the Shame of Trauma, [...]

“Spiritual life is not about possessing or finding security, but rather it's discovering what Alan Watts called the Wisdom of Insecurity – the capacity to live from freedom and compassion of heart no matter the circumstances.” Jack Kornfield

"I sometimes forget that I was created for Joy. My mind is too busy. My Heart is too heavy for me to remember that I have been called to dance the Sacred dance of life. I was created to smile To Love To be lifted up And to lift others up. O’ Sacred One [...]

“Grace comes to forgive and then forgive again.” -Rumi

"This is the time to be slow, Lie low to the wall Until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can, not to let The wire brush of doubt Scrape from your heart All sense of yourself And your hesitant light. If you remain generous, Time will come good; And you will find [...]

“Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.” –James Baldwin