“The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.” – Benjamin E. Mays “Our deepest fear is not that we areContinue reading “Following My Own Star”
Category Archives: Inner life
Leaving the Past in the Past
“Times of transition are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity to purge, rethink priorities, and be intentional about new habits. We can make our new normal any way we want.” –Kristin Armstrong “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next toContinue reading “Leaving the Past in the Past”
Gratitude
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” –Melody Beattie “Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, and understanding.” –Alice Walker “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parentContinue reading “Gratitude”
Musings
…that to find beauty in everyone you must see beauty in everyone, then announce that you see it for, in announcing it, you place it there in their reality. –Neale Donald Walsch “Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And thatContinue reading “Musings”
Cynical No More
“…that the sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise..” –The Bhagavad Gita “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant forContinue reading “Cynical No More”
Sage Woman Chronicles 