Emily

“To cultivate empathy means to see the world through the eyes of another without judgement, without trying to "fix" it, without needing it to be different. It is acceptance independent of agreement, understanding without any implied coercion for oneself or the other to change. There is also no sense of wanting to "educate" the other person about how their perspective is wrong and ours is right.”
― Judith Hanson Lasater, Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life

“November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden.

"That's the reason I was born in it," observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I believe that perception does not shape your life; it is your life.”
― Judith Hanson Lasater

“Beliefs are rigid thoughts. Beliefs are thoughts that get repeated enough to take on a kind of internal structure. No belief is the truth; it is only a belief.”
― Judith Hanson Lasater