Lori

“Things! Burn them, burn them! Make a beautiful fire! More room in your heart for love, for the trees! For the birds who own nothing—the reason they can fly. FOR TOM SHAW S.S.J.E.”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“Cloud and Townsend suggest two questions to regularly ask the closest people in your life: What do I do that draws you toward me? What do I do that pushes you away?”
― Jen Hatmaker, Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You

“Rumi said, There is no proof of the soul. But isn’t the return of spring and how it springs up in our hearts a pretty good hint?”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“Most primary alliances can survive even the most brutal honesty; silent complacency is the kiss of death. When there is no fight left, no urgency to tell the truth or hear it, not enough self-respect to act with agency nor enough respect for others to respond to theirs, that is the real problem. More relationships drift into indifference than capsize from conflict. Practicing honesty and not overfearing confrontation is the mark of healthy people and their subsequently successful partnerships.”
― Jen Hatmaker, Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You