21st Century Courage

Fire

Remember what you must do when they undervalue you, when they think

your softness is your weakness, when they treat your kindness like it is their advantage.

You awaken every dragon, every wolf, every monster

that sleeps inside you and you remind them what hell looks like when it wears the skin of a gentle human.

Nikita Gill, Wild Embers: Poems of

"Fear determines what is or isn't possible. If you think something is too scary, it's too scary for you. If you don't think you have any power... you don't. If you aren't the captain of your fate... then fate is the captain of you." - Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling

“Whenever you have a choice between being right or being kind, be kind. No exceptions. Don't confuse kindness with weakness." - Kevin Kelly

“Douglas firs, cedars, hemlocks, and big-leaf maples surround the house so tightly they take away the horizon. Some-times, when their crowns sway in the wind, I have the sense that I'm living at the bottom of a kelp forest. The expanse of this montane forest, like the expanse of the Pacific Ocean, is something I feel, and against this volume of spa

“Perfection of character: to live your last day, every day, without frenzy, or sloth, or pretense.” Marcus Aurelius

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell from 1984