In rest I catch up with myself and become awake; 
I feel and see 
and smell and hear and taste
the life I’m in. 
And when I do, 
I find that it is charmed. "

-Justin McRoberts

 “Rest is not a reward; it is a necessity.”
- Brené Brown

“Everything that is meant for you will feel like a deep exhale, as though you are returning home to a place you forgot existed.”

- Brianna Wiest

“How do you know you are growing in the right direction? You can breathe more deeply, think more clearly, and feel calmness and happiness flow more strongly through your being”
– Yung Pueblo

“Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.”
- Oscar Wilde

 “Knowing a human is never just a handful of things but rather a unique slice of absolutely everything.”
-Donna Ashworth

"We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.”
–Richard Rohr

“Stories are a communal currency of humanity.”

― Tahir Shah

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

–Maya Angelou

I’ll ride the wave where it takes me
-Eddie Vedder “Release”

“Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame.”

–Brené Brown

"Change is inevitable. Growth is optional."
-John Maxwell

find beauty in each day
a small beauty works fine
bask in it then let it go
other beauty awaits you

Kat Lehman

“Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”

– Betty Friedan

“I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.”

-Walt Whitman

“Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.” –Saint Augustine

“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