The World

“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.”

― Frederick Buechner

A Guide

A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path -- he does not mock and jeer at him.

Epictetus (philosopher)

Gain

There's no great loss without some small gain.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Your Life

Any part of your life you have not loved will keep repeating itself. - John Demartini

Essential Skills

Let’s stop calling these “soft skills” and start calling them ESSENTIAL SKILLS in business and in life: 1. Emotional Safety 2. Equality 3. Generosity 4. Curiosity toward ideas of teammates 5. Empathy KINDNESS is foundational to every essential skill.

- Adam Rifkin (Twitter)

Talent

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

- Erica Jong

View of Life

"Never limit your view of life by any past experience." - Ernest Holmes

Garden

The Universe gives us each a garden—our lives—and it’s up to us to tend to that garden to see what beautiful things we can grow. - Deborah Perdue 

Reasonable

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

- George Bernard Shaw

Mindfulness

"Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance."

- Amit Ray

Tested

Darkness

"What if the darkness of these times is not the darkness of the tomb, but of the womb?... Breath, then push!" ... Powerful, healing words from Valarie Kaur

Wow. Chills.

What You Really Want

"What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind." - Vernon Howard

Belonging

"Fitting in is a hollow substitute for belonging." - Brene Brown

Obstacles

"There are always obstacles and competitors. There is never an open road, except the wide road that leads to failure." -    Herbert Casson

Destination

“One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” - Henry Miller

Overcautious

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

Friedrich Schiller

You Can Do Anything

"Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance and facing your fears."

- Gillian Anderson

Something Great

Coming up with an idea is the least important part of creating something great. The execution and delivery are what's key.

- Sergey Brin

Become

"You become who you're with." - Sherman Alexi

Maya Angelou

“When you know better, you do better.” 

― Maya Angelou

Revolution in Your Heart

“Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.” 

– Elizabeth Gilbert 

Journeys

"Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need."
- Parker Palmer, "Let Your Life Speak" 

Creativity

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

Maya Angelou

Rejection

“I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject.” ~Jeanette Winterson