A Little Grace

Journaling allows you to get “outside” your head, in a sense. It enables you to get your thoughts and feelings down on paper, analyze those thoughts and feelings, and then work through them in a healthy, holistic way.

Too often we underestimate our actions and forget that they can be more impactful than we realize.

"Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful."

— Jim Carrey

“A cactus doesn’t live in the desert because it likes the desert; it lives there because the desert hasn’t killed it yet.” —‌ Hope Jahren

Today give yourself permission to wipe your slate clean. Never forget that it is ok to start over.

When you want to reach your goal, the journey won’t always be a smooth ride. Therefore, you must work to overcome all hurdles. Remember that the obstacle is the way!

« Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it. Yet, it is only when a man is able, without bitterness or self-pity, to surrender a dream he has long cherished or a privilege he has long possessed that he is set free » James Baldwin

Wu wei refers to the cultivation of a state of being in which our actions are quite effortlessly in alignment with the ebb and flow of the elemental cycles of the natural world. It is a kind of “going with the flow” that is characterized by great ease and awareness, in which—without even trying—we’re able to respond perfectly to whatever situations arise.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don't want to suffer. We don't want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we're living our lives in a very comfortable area. There's no growth in that.

David Goggins

The proverb patience is a virtue means that it is a good quality to be able to tolerate something that takes a long time