“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting—over and over announcing your place in the family of things."

–Mary Oliver

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”

–Francis of Assisi

“Light

Light

The visible reminder of Invisible Light.” - T.S. Eliot

“There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.” ―Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968

“Hurry is not a disordered schedule, it’s a disordered heart.”

-John Ortberg

Quote: “It's gonna take much more
than ordinary love
To lift this up.”

–Eddie Vedder

“How can we embrace rest and play if we’ve tied our self-worth to what we produce?” Brene Brown

Quote: “How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and that one is what we are doing.”

—Annie Dillard

“In rest, I have the time to discern between thoughts and feelings and desires. Having removed the urgency to act on any of them, I can simply listen to my soul.”

–Justin McRoberts

“May you never discredit how far you’ve come.” - Morgan Harper Nichols

“The purpose of life is to listen–to yourself, to your neighbor, to your world and to God and, when the time comes, to respond in as helpful a way as you can find ... from within and without.”

-Fred Rogers

“There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.” -Dalai Lama XIV

“The rules of love are simple: Everybody. Always.” -Bob Goff

“Love can flow toward you in every moment…you might be experiencing this flow of love when you find yourself smiling at things for no apparent reason.” —Fr Richard Rohr

I want to choose to love the world as it is, just as I know I am loved as I am—Justin McRoberts

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”

–Mother Teresa of Calcutta

“Be joyful though you’ve considered all the facts.” –Wendell Berry

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
-Nelson Mandela

“Like a pencil that draws one line at a time, 
You are free to draw forth one breath…
And it does not have to be perfect in order to be a small, yet important step”
-Morgan Harper Nichols

“Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely”

— Cole Arthur Riley