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“Living with contradiction may be nothing new to humans, but acknowledging it, and accepting it are. Even the dictionary has trouble accepting a paradox, calling it 'two things that seem to be contradictory but may possibly be true.' But that's not a real paradox--a real paradox IS contradictory and IS true. So I don't even call them paradoxes anymore, I call them 'contradictory co-existing realities,' both in direct opposition to each other, both true at the same time.”
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“We need each other more than ever.
We cannot get through it alone,
find the hope to move forward and do
all we need to do
alone,
find the joy and beauty
alone
to have the incentive
to find the hope.”
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We cannot get through it alone,
find the hope to move forward and do
all we need to do
alone,
find the joy and beauty
alone
to have the incentive
to find the hope.”
―
“After another deadly weekend,
mass shootings across the country,
we know--oh, how we know--how high the stakes,
how polarized the public:
the desperation for liberty, equality, and justice
and the rage and backlash against it.”
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mass shootings across the country,
we know--oh, how we know--how high the stakes,
how polarized the public:
the desperation for liberty, equality, and justice
and the rage and backlash against it.”
―
“You are not beginning again like a baby--
knowing nothing--
you are opening to the possibility that there is more to
explore, take in, discover, learn, embrace”
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knowing nothing--
you are opening to the possibility that there is more to
explore, take in, discover, learn, embrace”
―
“She was one of the greatest losses, bell hooks...
a brilliant thinker, and writer,
and teacher,
reflective and brave and inspiring,
revolutionary ideas infused with ancestral wisdom,
always coming from a place of love,
which kept her in a world of possibility.”
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a brilliant thinker, and writer,
and teacher,
reflective and brave and inspiring,
revolutionary ideas infused with ancestral wisdom,
always coming from a place of love,
which kept her in a world of possibility.”
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“What brings you relief?
Speaking your truth, crying your grief, or not needing to speak?
Reading, writing, playing games, dancing, or doing nothing at all?
Listening to songs, or piano etudes, or complete silence?
Darkness or candlelight or bright beating sun?
Blues, reds, yellows, many colors, or no color at all?
Hot or cold water? Immersed or pouring over you?
Tasting something crunchy, or sweet and smooth?
The scent of jasmine, or cucumber, or musk?
Someone touching you gently, or going deep,
or being utterly and completely alone?
We are all different...
When the quality of the overload changes,
so does the quality of relief.”
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Speaking your truth, crying your grief, or not needing to speak?
Reading, writing, playing games, dancing, or doing nothing at all?
Listening to songs, or piano etudes, or complete silence?
Darkness or candlelight or bright beating sun?
Blues, reds, yellows, many colors, or no color at all?
Hot or cold water? Immersed or pouring over you?
Tasting something crunchy, or sweet and smooth?
The scent of jasmine, or cucumber, or musk?
Someone touching you gently, or going deep,
or being utterly and completely alone?
We are all different...
When the quality of the overload changes,
so does the quality of relief.”
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“Mind the little things.
Appreciate them.
Revere them, too.”
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Appreciate them.
Revere them, too.”
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“Education itself is Marketing--marketing tools and perspectives to people who don't necessarily realize why they need them, how it will serve them, what they might accomplish with them. And, ensuingly, Marketing itself is Education (with no attempt to assess the value of what is being marketed).”
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“Begin again.
Begin again.
Every year
Every day
Every moment
Begin again.”
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Begin again.
Every year
Every day
Every moment
Begin again.”
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“Little things
over time
make big differences,
as true for depletion as it is
for progress.”
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over time
make big differences,
as true for depletion as it is
for progress.”
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“The tides are turning.
Everybody else is waking up,
becoming more awake, aware, seeking knowledge,
challenging the assumptions.
'They' call it 'woke' and demean it...
'They' may be--may aspire to be--the authorities,
may judge and smirk and wield their swords,
but 'everybody else' knows what's really happening.
And the forces of change, however resisted,
will continue to awaken
us all.”
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Everybody else is waking up,
becoming more awake, aware, seeking knowledge,
challenging the assumptions.
'They' call it 'woke' and demean it...
'They' may be--may aspire to be--the authorities,
may judge and smirk and wield their swords,
but 'everybody else' knows what's really happening.
And the forces of change, however resisted,
will continue to awaken
us all.”
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“Come on! Laugh at it all! Or at least laugh at something!
All the shit will still be there to deal with when you're done,
but you'll be in better shape to deal with it!”
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All the shit will still be there to deal with when you're done,
but you'll be in better shape to deal with it!”
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“You cannot move forward in the real world
if you cannot see the real world.
You cannot find the beauty in the world
if all you see is its adornment.
Autumn comes.
Autumn falls.
Autumn leaves.
The world turns fire
and burns off all that is fading.”
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if you cannot see the real world.
You cannot find the beauty in the world
if all you see is its adornment.
Autumn comes.
Autumn falls.
Autumn leaves.
The world turns fire
and burns off all that is fading.”
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“Might the safest space be this:
Safe from having to wear your armor.
Safe from having to laugh off your pain.
Safe to laugh at your pain, at yourself.
Safe to know your truth...
Safe to feel...
Safe to disagree...
Not safe from struggling with the conundrums of life, Safe to struggle with them
To sit in the dis-comfort of no-extremes...
Safe to spin through all the chaos...
And feel the shoulder of another traveler...
And know you are not alone.
You are not alone.”
―
Safe from having to wear your armor.
Safe from having to laugh off your pain.
Safe to laugh at your pain, at yourself.
Safe to know your truth...
Safe to feel...
Safe to disagree...
Not safe from struggling with the conundrums of life, Safe to struggle with them
To sit in the dis-comfort of no-extremes...
Safe to spin through all the chaos...
And feel the shoulder of another traveler...
And know you are not alone.
You are not alone.”
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“Love and work.
Work and love.
Whatever it is we do,
whoever it is we love,
hopefully we make something better with it all--
our lives, our community, our country, the world.”
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Work and love.
Whatever it is we do,
whoever it is we love,
hopefully we make something better with it all--
our lives, our community, our country, the world.”
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“Fly, even if for just a moment.
You may land somewhere different.
You may land somewhat different.
Leap.”
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You may land somewhere different.
You may land somewhat different.
Leap.”
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“I may not believe that 'all things happen for a reason.' But I do believe that reason may come from all things that happen.”
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“Nobody adores fertilizer. Nobody devotes their life to fertilizer (unless they own a fertilizer company). But, shit, you need it to grow the crops. The land is arid and dry without it, and trying to grow things is likely to be futile.”
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“Your worst fears are just that, fears.
All you know, all you have done
is always there with you,
will always be so.
Nothing is lost when you leap--jump in--
with openness to the great whatever.”
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All you know, all you have done
is always there with you,
will always be so.
Nothing is lost when you leap--jump in--
with openness to the great whatever.”
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“If all of us who at some point in history were not considered white
considered ourselves "Other" then
how many white people would there even be?”
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considered ourselves "Other" then
how many white people would there even be?”
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“I see truth and knowledge
and understanding like layers
of an onion,
peeling away assumptions, leading to
recognizing even more assumptions,
leading to research to discover
more knowledge, leading to deeper truths and
greater understanding.”
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and understanding like layers
of an onion,
peeling away assumptions, leading to
recognizing even more assumptions,
leading to research to discover
more knowledge, leading to deeper truths and
greater understanding.”
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“As I often say,
we do have to keep re-inventing the wheel.
Why?
Because in the process of invention
is the energy and possibility of creation,
and that is where we are most available
to discovering something,
anything,
about the process,
about the results,
about ourselves.”
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we do have to keep re-inventing the wheel.
Why?
Because in the process of invention
is the energy and possibility of creation,
and that is where we are most available
to discovering something,
anything,
about the process,
about the results,
about ourselves.”
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“Autumn, when, ultimately, all illusions fall away and are cast aside, leaving the trees and hills and roadways--the very earth itself--laid bare and open, stark realities fully revealed.
You cannot move forward in the real world if you cannot see the real world.
You cannot find the beauty in the world if all you see is its adornment.”
―
You cannot move forward in the real world if you cannot see the real world.
You cannot find the beauty in the world if all you see is its adornment.”
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“We have to find a way to think--
think things through--
think beyond--
go wide--
go deep--
together.
One to One and All to All we must
Connect
Affect
Compromise
Find a way forward
together--
or I truly believe
we've lost all hope.”
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think things through--
think beyond--
go wide--
go deep--
together.
One to One and All to All we must
Connect
Affect
Compromise
Find a way forward
together--
or I truly believe
we've lost all hope.”
―
“Might the safest space be this:
Safe from having to wear your armor.
Safe from having to laugh off your pain.
Safe to laugh at your pain, at yourself.
Safe to know your truth...
Safe to feel...
Safe to disagree...
Not safe from struggling with the conundrums of life Safe to struggle with them...
To sit in the dis-comfort of no-extremes...
Safe to spin through all the chaos...
And feel the shoulder of another traveler...
And know you are not alone.
You are not alone.”
―
Safe from having to wear your armor.
Safe from having to laugh off your pain.
Safe to laugh at your pain, at yourself.
Safe to know your truth...
Safe to feel...
Safe to disagree...
Not safe from struggling with the conundrums of life Safe to struggle with them...
To sit in the dis-comfort of no-extremes...
Safe to spin through all the chaos...
And feel the shoulder of another traveler...
And know you are not alone.
You are not alone.”
―
“When demanded of those without power--
'if you said it more nicely maybe we would listen'--
'I can't hear you when you're so angry'--
'the ones who are nice are the ones who will get what they want'
(or, worse, the ones who are nice and pretty,
which, of course, also includes white, Christian, and 'classy')--
it is yet another subjugation,
yet another tool of oppression.”
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'if you said it more nicely maybe we would listen'--
'I can't hear you when you're so angry'--
'the ones who are nice are the ones who will get what they want'
(or, worse, the ones who are nice and pretty,
which, of course, also includes white, Christian, and 'classy')--
it is yet another subjugation,
yet another tool of oppression.”
―
“Do something again and again,
you build a practice, whether
it is a practice
of celebration
or destruction
of glorious simplicity or of simplicity
that numbs,
of complexity that challenges and grows you,
or complexity
that stultifies.”
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you build a practice, whether
it is a practice
of celebration
or destruction
of glorious simplicity or of simplicity
that numbs,
of complexity that challenges and grows you,
or complexity
that stultifies.”
―
“If all of us who at some point in history were not considered white
considered ourselves 'Other' then
how many white people would there even be?”
―
considered ourselves 'Other' then
how many white people would there even be?”
―
“I have said for many years
that the only real difference between a philosophy
and a religion
is one or more gods...
I am learning more and more--
as I did when studying eastern religions in my twenties--
how powerful prayer can be,
and I don't mean because one god answers anyone's prayers.
It is the place it puts us in.
Focus.
Reflection.
Vertical communication.
Surrender (to the powers that be
and those that may or may not be).
And so:
Hope.”
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that the only real difference between a philosophy
and a religion
is one or more gods...
I am learning more and more--
as I did when studying eastern religions in my twenties--
how powerful prayer can be,
and I don't mean because one god answers anyone's prayers.
It is the place it puts us in.
Focus.
Reflection.
Vertical communication.
Surrender (to the powers that be
and those that may or may not be).
And so:
Hope.”
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“This is the week,
the primetime hearings on insurrection
and sedition,
our last chance to make known
and believed
the ugly truth of our last president,
the nefarious doings of his cohorts,
the insanity we all witnessed and went through,
the coup we just barely avoided.
It's now or never.
The jury is out,
the jury of public opinion.
The jury is us.”
―
the primetime hearings on insurrection
and sedition,
our last chance to make known
and believed
the ugly truth of our last president,
the nefarious doings of his cohorts,
the insanity we all witnessed and went through,
the coup we just barely avoided.
It's now or never.
The jury is out,
the jury of public opinion.
The jury is us.”
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