it's a state of mind

Immortality was never won by doing normal.
​~Jenny Mustard

I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart +
stand up for what you truly believe.
In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate
that the way of peace,
the way of love
+ nonviolence
is the more excellent way.
Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.

When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century,
let them say that it was your generation who
laid down
the heavy burdens of hate at last + that
peace finally triumphed
over violence, aggression and war.
So I say to you,
​walk with the wind,
​brothers and sisters,
and let the spirit of peace + the power of everlasting love
be your guide.
​~John Lewis

May I be filled with lovingkindness.
May I be well.
​May I be peaceful + at ease.

May you be filled with lovingkindness.
May you be well.
May you be peaceful + at ease.
​
~Jack Kornfield

Whatever makes you feel
the sun from the inside out,
chase that.
​~Gemma Troy

postcard via my affirmation project

Love,
​Jane

​[There are] pleasures that are free
or without a permanent cost.
These are the pleasures that we take in our own lives,
our own wakefulness in this world,
and in the company of other people + other creatures-
pleasures innate in the Creation 
+ in our own good work.
It is in these pleasures that we possess the likeness to God
that is spoken of in Genesis.
​[God looked upon all that God had created + saw that it was very good. Genesis 1:31]
~Wendell Berry

Do not wait:
the time will never be 'just right'.
Start where you stand,
+ work with whatever tools you have at your command
+ better tools will be found as you go along.
~Napoleon Hill

In this world there are two great sources of strength.
One rests with those who are not afraid to kill.
The other rests with those who are not afraid to love.
​~Jack Kornfield

The beauty of anti-racism
is that you don't have to pretend to be free of racism to be an anti-racist.
Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism
wherever you find it, including in yourself.
And it's the only way forward. 
​~Ijeoma Oluo