Brain food

Some beautiful paths cannot be discovered without getting lost.

Nurturing your own development isn’t selfish. It’s actually a great gift to other people.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

Patience is also a form of action.

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before–more sorry, more

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to-do’ list.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart; I am, I am, I am.

There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

We don’t have to go anywhere to obtain the truth. We only need to be still and things will reveal themselves in the clear water of our heart.

The land is my mother. Like a human mother, the land gives us protection, enjoyment and provides our needs – economic, social and religious. We have a human relationship with the land: Mother, daughter, son.

Our hearts and imaginations need to dance and play if we are to live awake.

Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart.

May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I accept and embrace my flaws and imperfections; the shadow and the light of being fully human.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.

If we move through our day with an open awareness of the many good things around us, we correct the brain’s built-in negativity bias.

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress.

We cultivated our land, but in a way different from the white man. We endeavored to live with the land; they seemed to live off it. I was taught to preserve, never to destroy.