The Stories We Are Told

I Am Only So Beautiful As The Character Of My Relationships, Only So Rich As I Enrich Those Around Me, Only So Alive As I Enliven Those I Greet.

A Wonderful Thing Happens When You Give Up On Hope, Which Is That You Realize You Never Needed It In The First Place. You Realize That Giving Up On Hope Doesn't Kill You, Nor Did It Make You Less Effective. In Fact It Made You More Effective, Because You Ceased Relying On Someone Or Something Else To Solve Your Problems - You Ceased Hoping Your Problems Somehow Get Solved, Through The Magical Assistance Of God, The Great Mother, The Sierra Club, Valiant Tree-sitters, Brave Salmon, Or Even The Earth Itself - And You Just Began Doing What's Necessary To Solve Your Problems Yourself.

If Your Community Is Founded On An Injustice, That Injustice Cannot Be Questioned.

If You Only Had A Limited Time To Life (which Is Of Course The Case), How Would You Spend Your Time?

We Cannot Hope To Create A Sustainable Culture With Any But Sustainable Souls.