“Each person shines with his or her own light. No two flames are alike. There are big flames and little flames, flames of every color. Some people’s flames are so still they don’t even flicker in the wind, while others have wild flames that fill the air with sparks. Some foolish flames neither burn nor shed light, but others blaze with life so fiercely that you can’t look at them without blinking, and if you approach you shine in the fire.”
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“Grief offers a wild alchemy that transmutes suffering into fertile ground.”
― The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
― The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.
They’re in each other all the time. – Rumi”
― Healing Storytelling: The Art of Imagination and Storymaking for Personal Growth
They’re in each other all the time. – Rumi”
― Healing Storytelling: The Art of Imagination and Storymaking for Personal Growth
“Your consciousness is like a tiny stowaway on a transatlantic steamship, taking credit for the journey without acknowledging the massive engineering underfoot.”
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
“Like Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence, authors trick readers into doing most of the imaginative work. Reading is often seen as a passive act: we lie back and let writers pipe joy into our brains. But this is wrong. When we experience a story, our minds are churning, working hard.”
― The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
― The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
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