"I wanted to wear it, this shawl of hope, but today, it scratches against my bare skin. It is beautiful. The kind of loveliness that makes even the plainest of wearers feel beautiful just because they wear it. Hope is warm. And the world is cold. But today, I feel the call for there [...]
"May I have the courage today To live the life that I would love, To postpone my dream no longer But do at last what I came here for And waste my heart on fear no more." --John O’Donohue, from Morning Offering
"I followed the road as if it were a teacher. It went up, I went up. It turned, I turned. It was a long time before I relearned The road is not the only way to go. The first day I walked away from the gravel, I fell. That was the day I learned [...]
“Do not try to serve the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is yours alone to sing falls into your open cupped hands and you recognize and greet it. Only then will you know how [...]
" There is some strange intimacy between grief and aliveness, some sacred exchange between what seems unbearable and what is most exquisitely alive." --Francis Weller
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver, from The Summer Day
"Joy is a reminder that you are not defeated in the sanctuary of your own mind. " Rick Hanson, Just One Thing--Welcome Joy
"No blame, no reasoning, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love and the situation will change."Thich Nhat Hanh
"Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the Caravan of thinking." Kahlil Gibran
"My grief says that I dared to love, that I allowed another to enter the very core of my being and find a home in my heart. Grief is akin to praise; it is how the soul recounts the depth to which someone has touched our lives. To love is to accept the rites [...]
