“As best you can, don’t pretend you aren’t scared, sad, angry, and shocked. There’s no problem having those feelings, as painful as they are. What is a problem is to avoid what you feel and then, as humans tend to, work it out on someone else by vilifying them. This is very dangerous. We stand at the intersection of tolerance and hatred. I’m not saying there aren’t terrible people who shouldn’t be held accountable for the things they have done. But biting the hook of grasping, aggression, or numbness prevents us from seeing clearly the best course of action to take our country back.” Susan Piver
Photo: Jason Obrian

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“Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”
Thich Nhat Hanh

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HOW TO HEAL
Do not force the healing, my love.
Healing is always unforced.
It happens when the conditions are right.
When there is just enough love, attention, presence, slowness, trust.
When you aren`t trying to heal.
When you aren`t trying to awaken.
When you aren`t "trying" at all.
When you open your arms wide to the Now.
Fall to the ground.
Let yourself feel the rage, the grief, the loneliness.
Let yourself break. Let yourself feel worse, if you need to feel worse.
Speak your raw truth. Upset some people. Bring others closer.
But don`t force yourself, my love.
You have to let go of the result, the agenda, the goal.
And infuse your `unhealed` experience with love.
Drench your pain, your sorrow, your longing with warm awareness.
Saturate the moment with yourself.
You have to create the conditions for healing,
but you cannot do it.
The ego will rebel at this news.
Your heart will rejoice.
Mysterious forces, ancient and unspeakable, do the healing.
You only have to get out of the way.
- Jeff Foster
Rach Stewart Photography

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"Creativity is a life force.
An opening.
It`s birthed out of a natural desire
to collect separate pieces
of detail from our own observation
and then string them together.
It`s about connecting the dots.
This is also the work of self-growth.
Creativity is, therefore,
one of the greatest catalysts
for us to become better versions
of ourselves." Victoria Erickson
Art: Judith Shaw

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