Heidi Barr > Quotes

“Once, in another lifetime, there was an ocean here, and if you plant your feet in the soil you can almost feel the ancients rising and falling like the tides of old as the storm gathers strength.”
― Heidi Barr, Woodland Manitou: To Be on Earth

“A walk through the woods probably won’t change what’s wrong, but it can change how we respond to it.”
― Heidi Barr, 12 Tiny Things: Simple Ways to Live a More Intentional Life

“Practicing gratitude doesn’t mean burying unwanted feelings or looking for the silver lining in a bad situation. Practicing gratitude means acknowledging what is still good alongside the mess.”
― Heidi Barr, Collisions of Earth and Sky: Connecting with Nature for Nourishment, Reflection, and Transformation

“I want to live in a world where weeds still sometimes get the last word.”
― Heidi Barr, Woodland Manitou: To Be on Earth

“Perhaps some of our answers lie in looking for ways to do the things we do every day just differently enough to have an impact that contributes to healing instead of destruction.”
― Heidi Barr, Woodland Manitou: To Be on Earth

“What is enough for us will always be changing but the fact that we are enough will always be truth.”
― Heidi Barr, Woodland Manitou: To Be on Earth

“Every dew wet apple blossom, every garden plot filled with creeping flowers and weeds, each crimson leaf, each sparkle in a newly white morning – each nuance of creation offers up a sense of place and rhythm.”
― Heidi Barr, Woodland Manitou: To Be on Earth

“It’s that feeling of being essential, of deep belonging and of community without borders that shines a light into places that might have otherwise remained unexplored. It’s the feeling of peace that can stay present despite the “emptiness” that can be left behind after a fire goes through.”
― Heidi Barr, Woodland Manitou: To Be on Earth

“Breaking bread mindfully is everyday alchemy.”
― Heidi Barr, 12 Tiny Things: Simple Ways to Live a More Intentional Life

“..despite myriad differences in beliefs and value systems, people have the capacity to acknowledge that the one constant across the board is the Earth. Her health is our health. Her life is our life.”
― Heidi Barr, Woodland Manitou: To Be on Earth

“Fresh air, movement, and connection with nature have been proven by numerous studies to improve mood,”
― Heidi Barr, 12 Tiny Things: Simple Ways to Live a More Intentional Life

“Healthy communication fosters seeing and being seen.”
― Heidi Barr, 12 Tiny Things: Simple Ways to Live a More Intentional Life

“So even though Grandpa's life has closed its final chapter, the story that he embodied continues each time we take a handful of dirt to check moisture levels or turn our head at the sound of the wind shifting directions before a storm. It lives on as we give thanks for the abundance that we have, whatever it looks like. It lives on in every decision we make that puts someone else first.”
― Heidi Barr, Prairie Grown: Stories and Recipes from a South Dakota Hillside

“each morning,
the sun reminds us:
with the darkest
moment comes
a restoration
of the light.”
― Heidi Barr, Cold Spring Hallelujah

“Every time we make a choice that takes energy from supporting corporations that are based on profit and greed for a few, we put more energy into building a system that is based on truth and abundance for all.”
― Heidi Barr, Woodland Manitou: To Be on Earth

“We applaud in silent awe
at how something as simple
as the alignment of
water
trees
light
creates a masterpiece
every single day,
just by existing.”
― Heidi Barr, Cold Spring Hallelujah

“As the cold wind blows and the leaves start to fall, I am reminded that there is no renewal without the passing away that punctuates all things in a human life.”
― Heidi Barr, Prairie Grown: Stories and Recipes from a South Dakota Hillside

“When earth and sky collide, it’s a dance older than time.”
― Heidi Barr, Collisions of Earth and Sky: Connecting with Nature for Nourishment, Reflection, and Transformation

“What i want in life
is an aptitude for astonishment
room for unanticipated delight.”
― Heidi Barr, Cold Spring Hallelujah

“Making peace with food is possible.”
― Heidi Barr, 12 Tiny Things: Simple Ways to Live a More Intentional Life

“That’s the thing about living on the earth – we humans can make all sorts of decisions and plans, but at the end of the day, the earth always gets the last word.”
― Heidi Barr, Prairie Grown: Stories and Recipes from a South Dakota Hillside

“when you
follow that lead,
well.
All sorts of hidden pathways
become illuminated
by unexpected light,
welcoming your curiosity
with the sort of enthusiasm
that perhaps, one day,
you can respond to with joy.”
― Heidi Barr, Cold Spring Hallelujah

“When we let nature inform our self-inquiry and reflect on what comes up when we do, little by little, we uncover the parts of ourselves that can best contribute to the healing of the world.”
― Heidi Barr, Collisions of Earth and Sky: Connecting with Nature for Nourishment, Reflection, and Transformation

“Being listened to is so closely connected to being loved that most of us feel they are one in the same. –David W. Augsburger[2]
Hand write a letter to someone you care about.”
― Heidi Barr, 12 Tiny Things: Simple Ways to Live a More Intentional Life

“A visit to the family farm in spring means witnessing growth and challenge and beauty and stillness all rolled into one.”
― Heidi Barr, Prairie Grown: Stories and Recipes from a South Dakota Hillside

“Practicing presence is remembering how to live.”
― Heidi Barr, 12 Tiny Things: Simple Ways to Live a More Intentional Life