And awakeners navigate change Quotes

“The practice of deep listening is the practice of open inquiry, without assumption or judgement.”

“Isolation is at the heart of all disease, therefore healing requires community and the support of others.”

“The stories I tell myself about myself are contexts for what I believe is possible. These stories affect not only my attitudes about myself and others, but affect my behavior in what could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

“Emotions have their own movement. They move like waves: huge tsunami waves, choppy rapids, or long slow tides. The best way I know to work with emotion, especially strong and difficult emotion is to let it move like a wave, allow it to complete its movement and, eventually, to leave. If the movement gets held back, if it gets trapped and stagnates, or an inner turbulence stirs, the unexpressed emotion and grief can turn into physical illness, fatigue, depression, anxiety, or other displaced emotion.”

“The more I can accept the fact that change is moving all the time, and that the change I am experiencing right now is just the change of this moment and that this moment will change into the next and the next, the less need I will have to clutch in fear.”

“The nature of Nature is change.”

“The natural world is built upon common motifs and patterns. Recognizing patterns in nature creates a map for locating yourself in change, and anticipation what is yet to come.”

“In order to be effective, be responsive. In order to be responsive, listen.”

“We often gain awareness through a baseline comparison between now and next.”

“Community is a context and can either facilitate or inhibit the movement of change for the individual.”