ENCOURAGING WORDS
Sometimes reading a quote or a poem can give a sense of possibility, or help you to remember that you are already good enough. If you notice this happening, then those words may be worthy of your attention.
Care of the Soul isn't about some idea of perfection
Thomas Moore
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
From the poem ‘The Summer Day’ by Mary Oliver
Everything flowers, from within, of self blessing;
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness
From the poem ‘St Francis & the Sow’ by Galway Kinnell
Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth
of our beliefs
Tara Brach
The only journey is the journey within
Rainer Maria Rilke
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious
Carl G Jung
"There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have"
Howard Thurman