Diana

“an honest hope, which perhaps saves us from two unholy polarities—the empty positivity and blind optimism that masquerade as hope (yet are never honest about the realities of pain and death), or the surrender to despair and hopelessness. Honest hope is birthed in the realness in between the messy headlines of today’s news. It invites us to consider every situation, no matter how despairing, as something we don’t have to walk through alone, but as the very birthplace for divine participation.”
― Scott Erickson, Honest Advent: Awakening to the Wonder of God-with-Us Then, Here, and Now

“Thriving is possible only if you have nurtured strong bonds with your community.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

“People are just dying everywhere, all the time, every which way. What can the rest of us do but hold on for dear life.”
― Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life: A Memoir

“The gift is multiplied with every giving, until it returns so rich and sweet that it burbles forth as the birdsong that wakes me in the morning. If the abundance had been hoarded, if Juneberries acted solely for their own benefit, the forest would be diminished.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World