Elise Bateman

“know I’m living outside my values when I am…drum roll…this is a huge issue for me…resentful. Resentment is my barometer and my early warning system. It’s the canary in the coal mine. It shows up when I stay quiet in order not to piss off someone. It shows up when I put work before my well-being, and it blows the doors off the hinges when I’m not setting good boundaries.”
― Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

“I wanted to recover the kind of faith that has nothing to do with being sure what I believe and everything to do with trusting God to catch me though I am not sure of anything.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith

“To see takes time, like having a friend takes time. It is as simple as turning off the television to learn the song of a single bird. Why should anyone do such things? I cannot imagine—unless one is weary of crossing days off the calendar with no sense of what makes the last day different from the next. Unless one is weary of acting in what feels more like a television commercial than a life. The practice of paying attention offers no quick fix for such weariness, with guaranteed results printed on the side. Instead, it is one way into a different way of life, full of treasure for those who are willing to pay attention to exactly where they are.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

“Diminishing trust caused by a lack of connection and empathy.”
― Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.