“We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we come increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us.” Pema Chodren

“I didn’t know the ways that a liberal arts education would change my life—that no matter how far I went, professors and fellow students would challenge me to dig deeper. In the process, I developed a new set of eyes. I now see opportunities and creative solutions where I once saw only oppressive constraints and limited options.” Rodney Spivey-Jones ‘17 BPI

“The world is dark and light is precious.” Kate DiCamillo “The Tale of Despereaux”

“When we show up to make art, we need to first get still enough to hear what wants to be expressed through us, and then we need to step out of the way and let it.” ~Mirabai Starr “Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics”

“If I get married. I want to be very married.” Audrey Hepburn

Love one another. Such as my love has been for you, so must your love be for each other. John 13:34

We are each given moments…moments that can be a gift to another. If we look carefully, there is something holy in those moments no matter how small. ~c.h.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names may never hurt me. English Children’s Rhyme

“There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.” Thomas Merton

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.” ~Desmond Tutu

“Don’t look away from me! Look at me and tell me that it doesn’t matter what happened to me.” Maria Gallagher to Senator Jeff Flake 9/28/18.  

“Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.”  Pema Chodron

                           Often it is in times of change that we find our surest footing.

 Sometimes all it takes is a bit of 8 year old wisdom & a tender dream to remind me I have nothing  to fear. 

While we may not agree on how best to process the tragic events of this year, I am compelled to turn my anger into words and now actions.  

"And so when you have bravery without vulnerability, that's when you get what we're looking at today: all bluster, all posturing, no real courage."  Brene Brown 

       “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”  Rabindranath Tagore