Kate Smalley

“A courageous heart will go forth and engage with life despite confusion and fear.”

— John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings

There is no self that will survive a real conversation.

I love the question @jordancooper asks founders- “if there were one thing i needed to understand to see as much value in your business as you do, what would it be and let’s talk about that.”

“Don’t pack whatever is easiest or most available into the emptiness. Hold out for the right medicine. You will recognize it because it makes your life stronger rather than weaker.”

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves (p196)

“The key seems to be to find a restful yet attention presence in the midst of our work, to open up a spaciousness even in the center of our responsibility.”

— David Whyte, Crossing the Unknown Sea

We suffer to get well. We surrender to win. We die to live. We give it away to keep it. The gospel is totally counterintuitive, it isn’t what we think it should be.