Stephen

“Thus we become less and less able to reside with even the most fleeting uneasiness or discomfort... This is our way of trying to make life predictable. Because we mistake what always results in suffering for what will bring us happiness, we remain stuck in the repetitious habit of escalating our dissatisfaction.”
― Pema Chödrön, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

“E Concrematio. Confirmatio--out ot the fire comes firmness, through stress we pass to strength.”
― Charles F. Binns

“I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

“Joy and humor and empathy are all I need; beauty will survive the human race and find a way despite our brutish footprints.”
― Ezra Shales