The world is violent and mercurial – it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love—love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share: being a parent, being a writer, being a painter, being a friend. We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.
—Tennessee Williams
Month: September 2021
Sunday Inspiration: Life Is like a Garden
Life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.
—Leonard Nimoy
Sunday Inspiration: The First Definition of Love
The first definition of love is to be there. This is a practice. How can you love if you are not there? In order to love you have to be there, body and mind united. A true lover knows that the practice of mindfulness is the foundation of true love.
—Thich Nhat Hanh
Sunday Inspiration: Peace
It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
—Eleanor Roosevelt
Into the Wonder 