1013 – “We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with, people may seem like such a simple obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.”

-Thomas Moore [Attributed]

937 – “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”

-C S Lewis

690 – “The heart that gives, gathers.”

–English Proverb [See Source Notes]

629 – “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”

–anonymous [See Source Note]

“Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own – indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life, with which we have shared our evolutionary process. In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.”

–Wangari Maathai

309 – “The most important thing each of us can know is our unique gift and how to use it in the world. Individuality is cherished and nurtured, because, in order for the whole to flourish, each of us has to be strong in who we are and carry your gifts with conviction, so they can be shared with others.”

–Robin Wall Kimmerer

61 – “We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”

– Mister Rodgers