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Kate Smalley
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The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmereremergencemagazine.org
"We cannot hurry the river."
— Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity. (Take that into your marriage)
David Whyte • David Whyte — Seeking Language Large Enough
“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
“Is this worth saying? Is it said clearly? Is it said beautifully?”
— Parker J. Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness
Everyone is an artist. Everyone is involved, whether they like it or not, in the construction of their world. Consciousness is always consciousness of something. There is no fixed world out there, the world is coming toward you and you are coming toward it. And between the two of you, you actually construct the world. It’s never as given as it actu
... See moreJohn O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
"The deepest work is usually the darkest. A brave woman, a wisening woman, will develop the poorest psychic land, for if she builds only on the best land of her psyche, she will have for a view the least of what she is. So do not be afraid to investigate the worst. It only guarantees increase of soul power through fresh insights and opportunities f
... See moreIn 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 o
... See moreEmergence Magazine • The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
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.
Brene Brown • Brené with Father Richard Rohr on Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Unlearning Certainty, Part 1 of 2
The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline … but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.
– Glenn Gould
– Glenn Gould