How to Human

We have so many allies in this world, including the blue in the sky, which we’re not paying attention to.

On Being • David Whyte — Seeking Language Large Enough

I will have to remember, ‘I am here today to cross the swamp, not to fight all the alligators.’” (Rosamund and Benjamin Zander)

"We cannot hurry the river."

— Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann

"An important distinction must be made: liberation and freedom are not the same. Liberation is a process. Freedom is a temporary state of being. Liberation is dynamic. It never ends."

— Emilie Townes, Womanist Theological Ethics: A Reader

The frontier between what you want out of the world and what the world wants out of you.

On Being • David Whyte — Seeking Language Large Enough

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have been through hell.

Brene Brown • Brené with Father Richard Rohr on Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Unlearning Certainty, Part 1 of 2

“Reality itself is the best ally of God. If you want to find God, if you want to go deep into the mystery of God, just accept reality in all of its truth and all of its depth. That will tell you all you need to know about the good, and the true, and the beautiful.”

— Richard Rohr, The Art of Letting Go

describe the cosmic humor that's hidden in the problem you're currently struggling with

On Being • David Whyte — Seeking Language Large Enough

On Being • David Whyte — Seeking Language Large Enough

Brene Brown • Brené with Father Richard Rohr on Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Unlearning Certainty, Part 1 of 2

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