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Fear is your invitation to open.
-Layla Saad

Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.
- Kate Marvel

We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. It is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home.
- Sharon Salzberg

The time is always right to
do what is right.
-Martin Luther King Jr.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity & change.
- Brene Brown

There are days I drop words of comfort
on myself like falling leaves &
remember that it is enough
to be taken care of by myself.
- Brian Andreas

Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed & desecrated. Your body is a forest - thick canopies of maple trees & sweet scented wildflowers sprouting in the underwood. You will grow back, over & over, no matter how badly you are devastated. - Beau Taplin

Empathy is the skill or ability to tap into our own experiences in order to connect with an experience someone is relating
to us. Compassion is the willingness
to be open to this process. -Dr. Brene Brown

A moment of self-compassion can
change your entire day. A string
of such moments can change
the course of your life.
- Christopher K. Germer

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. - Corrie ten Boom

words you speak

1/1/2017

photo by Dan Riordan

The words you speak become
the house you live in.
- Hafiz

Those of us who are warm and dry and safe and well fed
must show up for those who are cold and wet and endangered
and hungry. That's a rule of life. Every ethical and religious
and spiritual tradition in the world agrees on that rule.
- Elizabeth Gilbert

spreading light

11/1/2016

photo by Anne Marie Dahl

There are two ways of spreading light:
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
- Edith Wharton

a story we tell ourselves

10/1/2016

photo by Anne Marie Dahl

Fear, to a great extent,
is born of a story we tell ourselves.
- Cheryl Strayed

all the things

9/1/2016

photo by Dan Riordan

If we did all the things we are capable of,
we would literally astound ourselves.
- Thomas Edison

room in your heart

8/1/2016

photo by Anne Marie Dahl

Keep some room in your
heart for the unimaginable.
- Mary Oliver

plant love

7/1/2016

photo by Dan Riordan

With life as short as a half-taken breath,
don't plant anything but love.
- Rumi

we can

6/1/2016

photo by Kristy J. Carlson

We can do hard things.

what i choose

5/1/2016

photo by Maren Obermeyer

I am not what has happened to me.
I am what I choose to become.
- Carl Jung

keep the light

4/1/2016

photo by Anne Marie Dahl

Deep in their roots all
flowers keep the light.
- Theodore Roethke

mixed with air

3/1/2016

photo by Anne Marie Dahl

If the ocean can calm itself so can you.
We are both salt water mixed with air.
- Nayyirah Waheed

no mud, no lotus

2/1/2016

You can not grow lotus flowers on marble.
You have to grow them on the mud. No mud, no lotus. Without suffering you have no way to learn how to be understanding & compassionate.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

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an untold story

to open

Fear is your invitation to open.
-Layla Saad

resolve to do well

Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.
- Kate Marvel

born from letting go

We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. It is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home.
- Sharon Salzberg

what is right

The time is always right to
do what is right.
-Martin Luther King Jr.

vulnerability

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity & change.
- Brene Brown

falling leaves

There are days I drop words of comfort
on myself like falling leaves &
remember that it is enough
to be taken care of by myself.
- Brian Andreas

sprouting in the underwood

Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed & desecrated. Your body is a forest - thick canopies of maple trees & sweet scented wildflowers sprouting in the underwood. You will grow back, over & over, no matter how badly you are devastated. - Beau Taplin

be open

Empathy is the skill or ability to tap into our own experiences in order to connect with an experience someone is relating
to us. Compassion is the willingness
to be open to this process. -Dr. Brene Brown

a string of such moments

A moment of self-compassion can
change your entire day. A string
of such moments can change
the course of your life.
- Christopher K. Germer

today's strength

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. - Corrie ten Boom

words you speak

a rule

spreading light

a story we tell ourselves

all the things

room in your heart

plant love

we can

what i choose

keep the light

mixed with air

no mud, no lotus

You can not grow lotus flowers on marble.
You have to grow them on the mud. No mud, no lotus. Without suffering you have no way to learn how to be understanding & compassionate.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

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Fear is your invitation to open.​-Layla Saad

Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.- Kate Marvel

We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. It is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home.​- Sharon Salzberg

The time is always right to​do what is right.​-Martin Luther King Jr.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity & change. ​- Brene Brown

There are days I drop words of comforton myself like falling leaves &remember that it is enoughto be taken care of by myself. ​ - Brian Andreas

Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed & desecrated. Your body is a forest - thick canopies of maple trees & sweet scented wildflowers sprouting in the underwood. You will grow back, over & over, no matter how badly you are devastated. - Beau Taplin

Empathy is the skill or ability to tap into our own experiences in order to connect with an experience someone is relating to us. Compassion is the willingness to be open to this process. -Dr. Brene Brown

​A moment of self-compassion canchange your entire day. A stringof such moments can change​the course of your life. - Christopher K. Germer

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. - Corrie ten Boom

You can not grow lotus flowers on marble.You have to grow them on the mud. No mud, no lotus. Without suffering you have no way to learn how to be understanding & compassionate. - Thich Nhat Hanh

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centering | inspiration

Fear is your invitation to open.
-Layla Saad

Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.
- Kate Marvel

We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. It is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home.
- Sharon Salzberg

The time is always right to
do what is right.
-Martin Luther King Jr.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity & change.
- Brene Brown

There are days I drop words of comfort
on myself like falling leaves &
remember that it is enough
to be taken care of by myself.
- Brian Andreas

Empathy is the skill or ability to tap into our own experiences in order to connect with an experience someone is relating
to us. Compassion is the willingness
to be open to this process. -Dr. Brene Brown

A moment of self-compassion can
change your entire day. A string
of such moments can change
the course of your life.
- Christopher K. Germer

You can not grow lotus flowers on marble.
You have to grow them on the mud. No mud, no lotus. Without suffering you have no way to learn how to be understanding & compassionate.
- Thich Nhat Hanh