“Keep creating room to breathe through these many cycles …”

~ Morgan Harper Nichols

“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach... “

~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“Honor wherever you are …

Try softer, not harder—
giving yourself a safe place
to land your attention, resting
in this threshold moment
through which wind, snow
and light all enter alike.”

~ James Crews

"You do your absolute best to find & hone & wield your divine gifts against the dark. You do your best to reach out tenderly to touch & elevate as many people as you can reach. You bring your naked love & defiant courage & salty grace to bear as much as you can …” ~ Brian Doyle

“However small & insignificant our contribution may seem in the face of vast human problems beyond our power to resolve … our tiny gift [can be multiplied] in ways we would not have dreamed possible”

~ Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray

“It’s a hard time to be human. We know too much
and too little. Does the breeze need us?
The cliffs? The gulls?
If you’ve managed to do one good thing,
the ocean doesn’t care.
But when Newton’s apple fell toward the earth,
the earth, ever so slightly, fell
toward the apple as well.”

~ Ellen Bass

Find your legislator at ncleg.gov/findyourlegislators & tell them to uphold the veto on SB382

“Maybe you feel the revolution does not need you. Come. Bring everything. Bring the ocean. Bring the sky. Bring all the stars of all the galaxies. Bring the very sediment of your soul. Freedom needs you ...” ~ Jaiya John

"It can feel foolish to pause to marvel at the stars when the world is burning. Or to find the world beautiful when you've known it to betray you.

But wonder is a liberation practice. A reminder that we contain more than tragedy. Beauty is our origin & our anchor." ~ Cole Arthur Riley

“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”

~ Robin Wall Kimmerer

“Imagine a country whose citizens—maybe even its leaders—are brave, calm, and open towards each other; a country whose people realize that all human beings belong together as one family and must act accordingly.” ~ Br. David Steindl-Rast