Heartbreak and hope are not mutually exclusive.

Heartbreak and hope are not mutually exclusive. We can be angry and sad and filled with longing for something we cannot have, and simultaneously we can be grateful for what we’ve got — aware, for reasons we’d never choose, of what really matters and what doesn’t. LENNON FLOWERS 'Hope is the anchor of the soul." Bible "Hope is the expectation of future good." Anon

What an incredible power we have,

to walk through the world, making somebody’s day. KRISTA TIPPETT

Do not feel lonely?

Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. RUMI

I give thanks for life, for my life, for your life, for all those we carry in our hearts - EVERYDAY!

I give thanks for life, for my life, for your life, for all those we carry in our hearts. I am thankful for the gift of life that offers us free choice, including how we hold the stories and beliefs we carry around about ourselves and reality. We humans are story-tellers. Wisdom elders tell us the world is made up of stories. Stories are energy structures that create and carry meaning. In these rapidly changing and challenging times of teetering on the brink of environmental and social disaster, and millions have already been pushed over by the consequences of a warming world, we must ask ourselves important questions. What does the story of the national day of Thanksgiving bring up for you? As you go forward, what might you make this holiday be for you and your family/friends/community? As the light dims and weakens moving closer to the rich dark time of winter I give thanks for the light of divinity within us all. I give thanks for the seeds of infinite creative potential within us all. I give thanks for life, for my life, for your life, for all those we carry in our hearts. I give thanks for kindness, compassion, caring, generosity, creative expression and beauty. I give thanks for courage, for humor, for the infinite potential within us all. I give thanks for the opportunity of being alive each day to do the best we can to show up and to wake up to see and live the love that we are. I give thanks for We. Ya-wee. Thanks-Giving Blessings to All Love, Tomás Dr. Tom Pinkson www.anewvisionofliving.org "You are a sacred, worthy, luminous being. You are love and your love is for giving." - Dr. Tom Pinkson

Choosing to have joy is not naively thinking everything will be easy

Choosing to have joy is not naively thinking everything will be easy. It is courageously believing that there is still hope, even when things get hard. MORGAN HARPER NICHOLS

Open doors, front and back

Every exit is an entry somewhere else. TOM STOPPARD

Build and become a bridge...

As we build bridges and even become bridges, we will be doing a service to the world. JOHN A. POWELL

I am grateful for all parts of me, including my "ego"

The grateful heart is a manifestation of one’s true self. Nothing sidelines the ego more effectively than a grateful heart. ALBERT NOLAN