“Everyone has their own experience. That’s why we are here, to go through our own experience, to learn, to go down those paths and eventually you may have gone down so many paths and learned so much that you don’t have to come back again.”  Prince (social media post)

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.” Rabindranath Tagore (Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore)

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher in storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” Rabindranath Tagore (Stray Birds)

“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.” Cynthia Occelli (Resurrecting Venus)

“When we stand so staunchly in our self-righteousness that we can only see those who disagree with us as ignorant, stupid, or evil, we deprive both ourselves, and the other person, of the opportunity to realize why one of may be wrong. And when we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to realize why we are wrong, we deprive ourselves of the ability to realize what is right, and good, and true.” Eileen Workman (social media post)

“If it’s causing suffering, it it’s causing stress, if it’s getting between me and love, getting between me and peace or stillness, I’m going to question it. There’s a lie involved somewhere. My sense of integrity is calling me to examine it.” Martha Beck (DIY Integrity Cleanse Kit)

“The mystery of Christ is revealed, and the Christ “comes again,” whenever we are able to see the spiritual and the material coexisting, in any moment, in any event, and in any person.” Richard Rohr (The Cosmic Christ)

“Faith is a quality of seeing that will expand your vision, that will allow you to see in bigger circles and in bigger realms . . . and to know that at the center of it all is a good and gracious and benevolent God.” Fr. Richard Rohr (“Faith is Not Will- Power as much as Confidence” homily)

“Over a lifetime of practice, contemplation gradually helps you detach from who you think you are and rest in your authentic identity of Love. At first this may feel like an “identity transplant” until you learn how to rest in God permanently.” Fr. Richard Rohr (Nonviolence: The Inner Witness)

“The busier you are, the more you have to step away from busy-ness, from speed, to see what’s truly important in life. It’s the open spaces – the moments when you lose yourself – that help you to find contentment, joy, and peace of mind.” Pico Iyer (Open Up)