IT’S THE TRUTH I’M AFTER AND THE TRUTH NEVER HARMED ANYONE. WHAT HARMS US IS TO PERSIST IN SELF-DECEIT & IGNORANCE.
MARCUS AURELIUS
SPEAK TO YOUR CHILDREN AS IF THEY ARE THE WISEST, KINDEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MAGICAL HUMANS ON EARTH — FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS WHAT THEY WILL BECOME. BROOKE HAMPTON
THE UNDISTURBED state of being is bliss — the disturbed state is what appears as the world. NISARGDATTA MAHARAJ
T.C.BOYLE 1948— “World’s End””the Women””A Friend of the Earth”
I AM A WORRIER. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to our collective coffin.
THE BEAUTY OF AMERICAN LAW IS YOU CANNOT SLANDER ANYBODY WHO IS DEAD. This is not true in all countries.
THE NOVEL IS A SEDUCTION; A READER HAS TO BE SEDUCED.
LIFE is tragic & absurd & none of it has any purpose at all.
EVERY STORY IS ORGANIC & every story finds its own ending.
ART SAVED ME. IT MAY SOUND CORNY BUT IT’S TRUE.
I THINK THE WAY TO BE A WRITER IS TO EXPERIENCE things & be open to things.
IF WE LOSE SIGHT of the fact that writing is entertainment — then writing is doomed.
OUR POPULATION IS EXPLODING. OUR ENVIRONMENT IS DYING. SCIENCE HAS DEBUNKED GOD.
WHAT HIGHER ART DOES is to invite us in & allow us to make decisions.
I’M just kind of fascinated by how we can deny that we are animals & what our impact on the other animals is like & how quixotic we can be in trying to assess what we’ve done trying to correct it.
CAROLINE MYSS 1952—“Anatomy of the Spirit””Sacred Contracts”.
THE SOUL always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.
WE ARE NOT MEANT TO STAY WOUNDED.
WHEN yo do not seek approval or need approval you are at your most powerful.
ONE OF THE GREATEST STRUGGLES OF THE HEALING PROCESS IS TO forgive both yourself & others & to stop expending valuable energy on past hurts.
JUST LET GO. Let go of how you thought your life should be & embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.
OUR LIVE CHANGE EXTERNALLY AS WE CHANGE INTERNALLY.
BETWEEN thinking & seeing there is a place called knowing.
SELF-ESTEEM — THE GREATEST POWER YOU CAN HAVE.
TO LOVE YOURSELF, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity & self-esteem. These are the qualities of grace that come directly from a soul with stamina.
WHATEVER IS IN ME IS STRONGER THAN WHAT IS OUT THERE TO DEFEAT ME.
HEALING requires taking action — it is not a passive event.
FORGIVENESS, quite frankly, is the most selfish thing you can do — because it is the greatest thing you can do for yourself.
WHAT DRAINS YOUR SPIRIT drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body.
FORGIVENESS IS A MYSTICAL ACT — NOT A REASONABLE ONE.
THIS DAY OF YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER COME AGAIN.
BY FAR the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.
EVERY CHOICE we make contains the energy of either faith or fear & the outcome of every decision reflects to some extent that faith or fear. This dynamic of choice guarantees that we cannot run away from ourselves.