Change the Future

"What you do in the present will redeem the past and thereby change the future." - Paulo Coelho

Where There's Joy

“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” - Joseph Campbell

Orderly Lives

"When we have disorderly lives, it makes it difficult for our minds to be orderly and for us to be at ease with disorder."

 

~Joan Halifax Roshi

Will Be

“I am not a has-been. I am a will be.” ~ Lauren Bacall

Compassion

"We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival."

 

~Joan Halifax Roshi

Acceptance

"You must learn to outwardly trust, to accept others, to love others; but you must also trust, accept and love yourself. You must know that you are good enough for others to accept. Acceptance is freedom." - Deborah Livingston (Medium)  

Wherever We Go

“Wherever we go we do harm, forgiving
ourselves as wheels do cement for wearing
each other out. We set this house
on fire, forgetting that we live within.” ― Jim Harrison