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.com
If you want to understand someone’s dreams, ask: How can I help you become the person you want to be?
Jessica Hagy • Ten Infrequently Asked Questions
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
"The true self is not created, it is surrendered to.”
— Richard Rohr, The Art of Letting Go
In a gift economy, wealth is understood as having enough to share, and the practice for dealing with abundance is to give it away. In fact, status is determined not by how much one accumulates, but by how much one gives away. The currency in a gift economy is relationship, which is expressed as gratitude, as interdependence and the ongoing cycles
... See moreRobin Wall Kimmerer • The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
“Life is ceaseless movement; stability is found in balance, not rigidity.”
— Neil Theise, Notes on Complexity
"Which of these has more life? Which of these is more a mirror of my self? Does this object make me feel my humanity is expanding—or contracting?"
— Christopher Alexander, The Nature of Order
“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
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.