spirituality of imperfection
It’s not that I know how to do this. It’s that my soul is guiding me through this.
—life mantra
—life mantra
McCall Erickson on Substack
The late eighteenth-century Hasidic master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov teaches us, “If you want to return to God you must make yourself into a new creation. You can do this with a sigh.”9
Adina Allen • The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.
― James Baldwin
Ayishat Akanbi • Sentences That Have Shaped Me
The more you thank God for the life you have, the more your life starts to look like the one you want.
Amanda Fortini • Tweet
The good thing about conversations is that you realize how little you know.
The worst thing about conversations is that you realize how little you know.
The worst thing about conversations is that you realize how little you know.
Camilo Moreno-Salamanca on Substack
A.A.’s earliest members “tried on” the ideas and insights of these brilliant, often eccentric thinkers, and whatever matched their own experience became part of the patchwork.
Ernest Kurtz • The Spirituality of Imperfection
The only way to help people rise above undignified behavior is to teach them that they are dignified. You cannot fight shame with shame.