If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?
Rumi
Blog topic: Work that Reconnects
The times are urgent. Slow down.
Bayo Akomolafe
Il est trop tard pour être pessimiste
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
You know in the West we have built a large, beautiful ship. It has all the comforts in it. But one thing is missing: It has no compass and does not know where to go.
Albert Einstein
The Uninhabitable Earth
The Uninhabitable Earth “That the sea will become a killer is a given. Barring a radical reduction of emissions, we will see at least four feet of sea-level rise and possibly ten by the end of the century. A third of the world’s major cities are on the coast, not to mention its power plants, […]
Aunt Julia
Aunt Julia spoke Gaelic very loud and very fast. I could not answer her — I could not understand her. She wore men’s boots when she wore any. — I can see her strong foot, stained with peat, paddling with the treadle of the spinningwheel while her right hand drew yarn marvellously out of the […]
Do not look away. Do not avert your gaze. Do not turn aside.
Joanna Macy
The deeper the sorrow the greater the joy
William Blake
The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.
C. S. Lewis