Reactions

"How you react to people and situations, especially when challenges arise, is the best indicator of how deeply you know yourself."

Eckhart Tolle

It Listens to Brave

"She was never quite ready. But she was brave. And the universe listens to brave."

Rebecca Ray

Participate Relentlessly

"You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings."

Elizabeth Gilbert

What Remains

"Oh what we could be if we stopped carrying the remains of who we were."

Tyler Knott Gregson

Escape

"In order to understand the world one has to turn away from it on occasion."

Albert Camus

Benevolent Witness

"There's no pain on earth that doesn't crave a benevolent witness."

Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings

Politically Segregated

“As people seek out the social settings they prefer—as they choose the group that makes them feel the most comfortable—the nation grows more politically segregated—and the benefit that ought to come with having a variety of opinions is lost to the righteousness that is the special entitlement of homogeneous groups... Like-minded, homogeneous groups squelch dissent, grow more extreme in their thinking, and ignore evidence that their positions are wrong. As a result, we now live in a giant feedback loop, hearing our own thoughts about what's right and wrong bounced back to us by the television shows we watch, the newspapers and books we read, the blogs we visit online, the sermons we hear, and the neighborhoods we live in.” — Bill Bishop, “The Big Sort”