Quotes October 24, 2024

I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.
Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
Slowing down is accompanied by space for noticing.
Krista Tippett
 
 
 
 
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
 
 
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
May Sarton
 
 
 
 
Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
 
 
 
 
There is something quite magical in watching a family of elephants, gorillas or giant forest hogs emerge from the forest edge and bask in sunlight and social opportunities before slipping back into the cool shade of the forest interior.
Vicki Fishlock
 
 
 
 
Are languages then just a collection of words, syntax, and semantics? I’d like to sometimes see them as seeds and sometimes as fields – alive as the minds, tongues, throats, bodies, and air they pass through; germinating, growing roots, bearing fruit, evolving like beings.
M. Yuvan
 
 
 
 
There’s a song that wants to sing itself through us. We’ve just got to be available.
Joanna Macy