“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
— Mary Oliver
“We are all tied to a lineage of love. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It’s remarkable to think that the entire span of human life exists within each one of us, going all the way back to the hands of the Creator. In our bodies we carry the blood of our ancestors and the seeds of the future generations. We are a living conduit to all life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When we contemplate the vastness of the interwoven network that we are tied to, our individual threads of life seem far less fragile. We are strengthened by who we come from and inspired by the those who will follow.”
— ― Sherri Mitchell Weh'na Ha'mu Kwasset in Sacred Instructions; Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change.
“This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.”
— Hafiz
“I love the word tender. I think it’s one of my favorite words. When I think of tenderness, I do think of an available softness. Maybe vulnerability is another word for it, but I love the word tender. It does imply touch. That there’s a risk involved in something like that. I love that the word is kind of complicated. A tender is one who tends, the way you tend a garden. A tender of a garden. Tender is also an exchange, like legal tender. This word has all these layers and one of them is softness.”
— Ross Gay
“I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion—and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.”
