#connection

It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#equality

Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#life #experience

No beating yourself up. That’s not allowed. Be patient with yourself. It took you years to form the bad habits of thought that you no longer want. It will take a little time to form new and better ones. But I promise you this: Even a slight move in this direction will bring you some peace. The more effort you apply to it, the faster you’ll find your bliss, but you’ll experience rewards immediately. ↗

— Holly Mosier

#happiness #mind-body-connection #mind-body-spirit #patience #purpose

Family was even a bigger word than I imagined, wide and without limitations, if you allowed it, defying easy definition. You had family that was supposed to be family and wasn't, family that wasn't family but was, halves becoming whole, wholes splitting into two; it was possible to lack whole, honest love and connection from family in lead roles, yet to be filled to abundance by the unexpected supporting players. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#bigger #connection #family #limitations #love

He felt lighter than he had in weeks, and he realized that the monster he had been running from wasn’t really a monster after all. It was simply that place in the heart that holds the measure of your history, the joy and the grief, the laughter and the tears, the magic and the wonder; all the ingredients that add up to the story of a life well lived. ↗

— Lilli Jolgren Day

#family #grief #loss #love #memory

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914) ↗

— John Muir

#environment #inspirational #interdependency #life #marvel

As long as we don't cut off our hearts, the inner workings of the universe illuminate before us. ↗

— Rivera Sun

#hearts #inspirational #love #magic #philosophy

Your heart is the correspondent of your soul. It knows the grooves of joy. ↗

— Karen Ruimy

#mind-body-connection #mind-body-spirit #spiritual #spirituality #inspirational

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity... ↗

— John Muir

#camping #connection #earth #hiking #inspirational

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#connection #consciousness #formation #formed #habit