“What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: Elementary kindness.”

~ Barbara Kingsolver

Our first job in life is to give our Self back to our Self. That is, to come to know who we really are. Only then can we swiftly and easily see who someone else really is, for we cannot clearly see in another what we fail utterly to see in ourselves

Art by Aleksandr Gerasimov

"Because forgiveness is like this:
a room can be dark because you have closed the windows,
you've closed the curtains.
But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside.
In order to get that fresh air,
you have

Art by Chris Williamson

"Nothing is more important than empathy
for another human being's suffering.
Not a career.
Not wealth.
Not intelligence.
Certainly not status.
We have to feel for one another
if we're going to survive
with dignity."

~ Audr