Words of Wisdom

"All to often, we become blocked and blame it on our lack of money. This is never an authentic block. The actual block is our feeling of constriction, our sense of powerlessness. Art requires us to empower ourselves with choice. At the most basic level, this means choosing to do self-care.” --Julia Cameron

“Because art is born in expansion, in a belief in sufficient supply, it is critical that we pamper ourselves for the sense of abundance it brings to us.” --Julia Cameron

"Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you."   - Mother Teresa

"I find beauty in not only the beautiful things in life, but the bittersweet and sad as well. To me, there is something poignantly lovely about the human experience from its splendor to its grief. God created all our emotions, not just the happy ones, and for His good purposes. That's why a good cry can feel so good. And hitting our limits forces us to look outside ourselves for a Savior. It is in the plea, when we're at our end, that we can find that which is truly life-giving. Personally, my moments of deepest grief, deepest pain, have resulted in the most beautiful seasons in my heart. I've met God more intimately in those moments than in all the other pleasant ones combined. What isn't completely lovely about that?" 

--Leslie

"There is something that can happen to every athlete, every human being-It's the instinct to slack off, to give into the pain, to give less than your best... the instinct to hope to win through luck or your opponents' not doing their best, instead of going to the limit and past your limit, where victory is always to be found. Defeating those negative instincts that are out to defeat us is the difference between winning and losing, and we face that battle every day of our lives."
-Jesse Owens

"Sometimes the moment is just there and it's best if we don't think too much. Sometimes we have to push fear and pride out of the way and just let things fall where they will, because possibility, like the future, can vanish in an instant- forever."
-D. L. Smith