Sometimes just a little phrase can help us along our way… when we’re experiencing something complex, when we need to feel understood, when we’re having a difficult time. These are a collection of quotes I often quote and poems I like to share.
These two conditions are universal: to long for a connection and to find ways to protect ourselves.
Tara Brach
Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
Tara Brach
I can do nothing for you but work on myself…you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
Ram Dass
We accept the love we think we deserve.
Stephen Chbosky
As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has- or ever will have- something inside that is unique to all time. It’s our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression.
-Mr. Fred Rogers
There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.
Mr. Fred Rogers
Brene Brown
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers
If you lived in your heart, you’d be home right now.
-Tara Brach
My beloved child, break your heart no longer.
Each time you judge yourself you break your own heart.
You stop feeding on the love that is the wellspring of your vitality.
The time has come, your time, to live, to celebrate and see the goodness that you are.
Let no one, no thing, no idea or ideal obstruct you.
If one comes, even in the name of “truth,” forgive it for it’s unknowing.
Do not fight. Let go, and breathe into the goodness that you are.
-Bapuji
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right. Henry Ford
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.
Erich Fromm
If you knew my whole story, you’d be proud of me.
It only takes a reminder to breathe,
a moment to be still, and just like that,
something in me settles, softens, makes
space for imperfection. The harsh voice
of judgment drops to a whisper and I
remember again that life isn’t a relay
race; that we will all cross the finish
line; that waking up to life is what we
were born for. As many times as I forget,
catch myself charging forward
without even knowing where I’m going,
that many times I can make the choice
to stop, to breathe, and be, and walk
slowly into the mystery
– Donna Faulds
Katheryn Kiker 