Nature Never Said "Nature never said to me: Do not be poor. Still less did she say: Be rich. Her cry to me was always: Be independent." ~Nicolas Chamfort

Most people go through #life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in #life. They're aristocrats. ~Diane Arbus

"We accept the love we think we deserve," ~Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Mahalo Bari for sharing!)

Show Your Soul It is not given to us to know which acts, or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing... One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these--to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and of the greatest necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do. Stand up and show your soul!! ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes from "We Were Made For These Times"

"To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair inevitable," ~Raymond Williams