Whatever baggage you have, use it. Conquer it. Don’t let it stop you.
In spite of unseasonable wind, snow and unexpected weather of all sorts - a gardener still plants. And tends what they have planted. . . believing that Spring will come.
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.
Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days. Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are extending your best effort. Console your bruised and tender spirit with reminders of many other successes. Offer comfort in practical and tangible ways - as if you were encouraging your dearest friend. Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly.
Best Friends: we're a parade - even by ourselves!
One movement toward light becomes a clear signpost on a long road.
Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.
The biggest lie is the idea that we are entitled to a meaningful and coherent summarizing, a conclusion, of something which never concludes. In that regard, this is the lie I'm telling myself so I don't set fire to anything.
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom, no longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from. Fill your life with love and bravery, and you shall live a life uncommon.
Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.