“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” –William Shakespeare

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." - Pablo Picasso

“Live as beautifully, bravely, and kindly as you can…” (unknown)

“There’s no life

that couldn’t be immortal

if only for a moment.”

- Wisława Szymborska

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”

― Shannon Alder”

When life has lost its promise, when it is hard to trust again or feel alive or curious again, love beckons us over and asks, “Got a minute?”

—Anne Lamott

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”

- Mother Teresa

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." - Ursula K. Le Guin

“Nature leaves its treasures scattered in plain view. It takes a careful observer to see what is everywhere”

-Kat Lehmann Small Stones from the River

"The earth is what we all have in common." - Wendell Berry

"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." –Leonard Cohen

“Sweet April showers, do spring May flowers.”

“Don’t move the way fear makes you move.
Move the way love makes you move.”

–Rumi

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

“I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake..."

-Mrs. March, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“It takes a lot for you to find your confidence, but you shouldn’t let someone else be the person to find it for you.” –Justine Skye

“I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.” –Joyce Kilmer

“We long to belong, and belonging and caring anchors our sense of place in the universe.”

–Patricia Churchland

“Hope and Fear sit on a see-saw and neither one knows what will happen next.” —Kat Lehman

“Be careful how you are talking to yourself because you are listening.” – Lisa M. Hayes