Leigh Marthe
@lcmarthe65
Minnesota native happily transplanted in New England. Mother, Nana, educator, poet, gardener, green thumb, yoga/meditation practitioner, wisdom seeker.
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison. NELSON MANDELA
We often think that vulnerability is a kind of weakness, but there’s a kind of vulnerability that is actually strength and presence. RAM DASS
There is in you something that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself… that is the only true guide that you will ever have. HOWARD THURMAN
If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we’ll find that more areas of our lives are workable. PEMA CHÖDRÖN
When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the Earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us. BELL HOOKS
A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you. ECKHART TOLLE
The true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. WILLIAM MORRIS
It’s that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest power. JOANNA MACY
Don’t disparage the day that still has an hour of light in its hand. CHINUA ACHEBE
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are. BRENÉ BROWN
We have a responsibility to hold to the power of love that we know to be true, and to not allow the world around us to deaden that in ourselves.
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing. Our shared vulnerability and imperfection nurtures and sustains our capacity for compassion. BRYAN STEVENSON
We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful…There’s opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that’s what life is. BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
History lives in and through our bodies right now, and in every moment. RESMAA MENAKEM
Everyone knows firsthand that life is messy and painful, beautiful and unpredictable. The endless practice is keeping our heart open to the whole of it. MARK NEPO
I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding. JOHN O'DONOHUE
If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change, our children’s birthright. AMANDA GORMAN
The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves. TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS
When the earth opens up under your feet, be like a seed. Fall down; wait for the rain. ALEXANDER CHEE
No matter how dark the cloud, there is always a thin, silver lining, and that is what we must look for. WANGARI MAATHAI
Perhaps the most radical act of resistance in the face of adversity is to live joyfully. ARI HONARVAR
As soon as I began exploring the ways I could be grateful for the hard stuff, I no longer felt like the outer-world was the sole dictator of what was happening in my inner-world. ANDREA GIBSON
Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. JAMES BALDWIN
Love liberates. It doesn’t just hold — that’s ego — love liberates! MAYA ANGELOU