Quotes
Because secrets do not increase in value if kept in a gore-ian lockbox, because one's past is either made useful or else mutates and becomes cancerous. We share things for the obvious reasons: it makes us feel un-alone, it spreads the weight over a larger area, it holds the possibility of making our share lighter. And it can work either way - not s... See more
“It is no longer rare to meet adults who have never swum except in a swimming pool, never slept except in a building, never run a mile or climbed a mountain, have never been stung by a bee or a wasp, broken a bone or needed stitches. Without a visceral knowledge of what it is to be hurt and healed, exhausted and resolute, freezing and ecstatic, we
... See more"The road to hell was once paved with good intentions—but nowadays we settle for symbolic gestures. They're much cheaper than good intentions. And there’s no shortage of symbolic gestures nowadays—more than enough to pave that whole damned highway to hell." - Ted Gioia, 'Academic Publishing and the Death Instinct'
That, I think, is the power of ceremony: it marries the mundane to the sacred.
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
“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
“We are not the things we accumulate. We are not the things we deem important. We are story. All of us. What comes to matter then is the creation of the best possible story we can while we’re here; you, me, us, together. When we can do that and we take the time to share those stories with each other, we get bigger inside, we see each other, we reco
... See moreEvery thought, vision, and idea that frequently occurs in our psyche happens for a reason. Our dreams are our destiny’s way of communicating with us. We spend far too much of our time looking at our dreams through the veils of the challenges that live between us and our desires. When we approach our dreams with the energy that says “I can, I will,
... See moreCleo Wade • Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life
“Dream of what you want to be, the kind of life you wish to build. And believe in that dream. Be prepared to work for it. Always remember, each dream is important because it is your dream, it is your future. And it is worth working for.”