Thrive

Creativity doesn’t just love constraints; it thrives under them.

David Burkus

Sunday

“Do not let Sunday be taken from you.

If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.”

Albert Schweitzer

Whole

“When we try to pick out anything

by itself,

we find it hitched to

everything else in the universe.”

John Muir

Part of a Whole

“Living in the communion of saints means that

we can take ourselves very seriously (we are part of a Great Whole) and

not take ourselves too seriously at all (we are just a part of the Great Whole)

at the very same time.”

Richard Rohr

Shades of Deeper Meaning

“Words mean more than what is set down

on paper.

It takes the human voice to infuse them

with

shades of deeper meaning.”

Maya Angelou

Mirror

“As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.”

Proverbs 27:19

Time

“All we have to decide is

what to do with the time that is given us.”

J.R.R. Tolkien

Story

“Your story is what you have,

what you will always have.

It is something to own.”

Michelle Obama

Simple

“But luxury has never appealed to me,

I like simple things,

books,

being alone,

or with somebody who understands.”

Daphne du Maurier

Allowed

“What do you want”

“I don’t know how to answer that”

“Why not?”

“I don’t know what I’m allowed to have”

Christie Tate, Group

Forward

“Numb the dark and you numb the light.”

Brené Brown

Sharp Relief

“Nothing’s boring if it’s in your soul…”

David Drake

Truth

“If you tell the truth,

you don't have to remember anything.”

Mark Twain

Courage

“Once you have explored a fear,

it becomes less

terrifying.

Part of courage comes from extending our knowledge.”

Duke Leto Atreides

Imperfect

"And now that you don't have to be

perfect,

you can be good."

John Steinbeck

Coeur

“You only live once,

but if you do it right

once is enough.”

Mae West