Kate Smalley
@katesmalley
Small Business Advisor & Educator.
Pursuing work that’s meaningful in a way that’s sustainable.
Exploring growth that centers play, possibility, care, and fullness.
Kate Smalley
@katesmalley
Small Business Advisor & Educator.
Pursuing work that’s meaningful in a way that’s sustainable.
Exploring growth that centers play, possibility, care, and fullness.
Conceiving of something as a gift changes your relationship to it in a profound way, even though the physical makeup of the “thing” has not changed. A wooly knit hat that you purchase at the store will keep you warm regardless of its origin, but if it was hand knit by your favorite auntie, then you are in relationship to that “thing” in a very
... See more"My being an artist is not a question of being able to make artwork. It is a question of my willingness to make something imperfect, or ugly, and how much resilience I have to face that reality repeatedly."
— Anna Fusco
The ultimate something out of nothing is grace. You receive it by being ready for such a world. Allowing such a world. Even expecting such a world.
“Life is ceaseless movement; stability is found in balance, not rigidity.”
— Neil Theise, Notes on Complexity
Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have been through hell.