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“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” - Iris Murdoch #Spring #Nature #MindfulWriting #Writing quotes #Inspiration #WritingPrompts #Resilience#Mindfulness #G

The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring - and all of the acts carried out - on this earth. But the moon remained silent; it told no stories. All it did was embrace the h

“I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.”
Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches #MindfulWriting #Cr

“That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.”
Tim O'Brien #Writing #WritingPrompts #Creativity #MindfulWriting #Mindfulness #Inspiration #SelfExpression #Resilience #WritingClas

“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”
James A. Baldwin #Mindful writing #WritingPrompts #JAMESBaldwin #Inspiration #Compassion #Meditation #Creativity #Inclusivity #Gratitude #MindfulJo

Excited to be teaching a “Mindful Writing Hero’s Journey Daylong - Emerging from Hibernation into Action” on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 10 am - 3 pm PT. Here’s the link for more information: https://insightla.org/event/heros/ #Mi

“The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.” bell hooks #Inspiration #Activism #MindfulWriting #MindfulJournaling #WritingPrompts #Resilience #Nature #Connection #Creativity #SelfExpr

“When Great Trees Fall

When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.

When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded b

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
John Lennon #MindfulWriting #Hope #Resilience #Community #Meditation #WritingPrompts #JohnLennon #Inspiration #Healing

“In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance.” - Jeanette Winterson, The World and Other Places: Stories. #MindfulWriting #WritingPrompts #Resilience #NewYear #Hope #Meditation #MindfulJournaling #Inspiration #Mindfulne

“Even
After
All this time
The Sun never says to the Earth,

‘You owe me.’

Look
What happens
With a love like that,
It lights the whole sky.”
Hafiz #Gratitude #MindfulWriting #Mindfulness #WritingPrompt #Hafiz #Creativity #

“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.” - Audre Lorde
“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what t

“Come quickly. You mustn’t miss the dawn. It will never be just like this again.” - Georgia O'Keeffe. #Writing prompts #NatureWriting #Nature #MindfulWriting #MindfulJournaling #Creativity #Resilience #Healing #Meditation

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” - Pema Chödrön #Mindful writing #WritingQuotes #Writing #Meditation #Nature #Inspiration #Equanimity #Mindfulness #Gratitude #Mindful journaling #Journalin

“You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.” – Henry Thoreau.

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou
#MindfulWriting #Writing prompts #Inspiration #Meditation #Maya Angelou #Nature

Alice Walker
"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful." #Mindful writing #Inspiration #Nature #Resilience #SelfExpression #WritingPrompts

“Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.” -Margaret Atwood Join me on December 8 at 12 p.m. ET for my Mindful Live session on journaling. @mindfulmagazine

“I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles . . .”-Audre Lorde. Please join me Sunday, December 6, 1:30-3:30 PM PT on zoom for my monthly Mindful Writing practice group through InsightLA. https://insightla.org/e

"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of

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