“As much as evil and mercenary selfishness never fail to rear their ugly heads-- sowing destruction in all directions-- so, too, do love and beauty never fail to emerge from the debris. Amid the chaos, there is always something that grows.” LoveEvilGrowthBeautyDestructionChaos Author:Shellen Lubin
“The beauty of beginner mind is the quality of the experience of wonder, of gratitude, of joy in all that is and all that is to come.” JoyWonderBeautyGratitudeExcitementNew YearRenewalBegin AgainResolutions Author:Shellen Lubin
“We need each other more than ever. We cannot get through it alone, find the hope to move forward and do all we need to do alone, find the joy and beauty alone to have the incentive to find the hope.” InspirationJoyPurposeMotivationHopeBeautySupportProgressSolidarityCarry Your Load Author:Shellen Lubin
“Like the house committee investigation— like the preceding 45-led years since the escalator descent into the madness of the infant king, like the faulty re-emergence in fits and starts from the miasma of disease and its wake, the level of stress the prevalence of anxiety moment to moment, day to day was immense and incessant— seemingly unbearable—so great I thought so many times I could not continue to withstand it sustain it and yet and yet it had to be done. One insane venture accomplished. Lessons learned, both exquisitely beautiful and exquisitely painful.” PainBeautyLearningDiseaseAnxietyMadnessAccomplishmentDualityLessonThe Insane Venture Author:Shellen Lubin
“We must take advantage of those moments of wonder-- those moments that stir up the creative juices, that foster belief and faith-- to re-imagine what is possible in ourselves, in our lives, in our world. And then we must make use of all that beautiful renewed energy, all that hope and determination-- to move, to effect change.” FaithHopeBeliefGrowthChangeWonderBeautyCreativityPossibilitiesOpen To The Possibilities Author:Shellen Lubin
“Awareness is essential but can be brutal as well. How do you hear the music through the desperate voices? How do you immerse yourself in beauty always knowing the knives are out? How? How? Greater awareness. Greater still. Awareness of the choice.” ChoicesBeautyMusicAwarenessDangerChoiceBrutalityListenFoggy Thoughts Author:Shellen Lubin
“What would we do if there were no winter? This tepid season is making me wonder ... Is there still enough winter left to wonder? Enough to recover? Enough to prepare? Enough to rekindle our faith in the imperative and beauty of the cycles of our years?” FaithWonderBeautySeasonsClimateWinterClimate ChangeRecoveryPreparationWhat Winter Author:Shellen Lubin
“The beauty of beginner mind is in the quality of the experience and the ability to take all you know with all your sense of wonder and possibility into discovery... Begin again.” QualityWonderBeautyPossibilityDiscoveryMoving ForwardNew YearRenewalBegin AgainResolutions Author:Shellen Lubin
“Tyrants want us at each other's throats. We need each other even more. In isolation, it's so easy to think this is all there ever will be. Together we remember the beauty, the love, the humor, the music, the dance of life-- the belief that it is all a cycle, that it will not always be that way.” LoveHumorFaithHumanityBeautyMusicDanceConnectionSharingShare It Author:Shellen Lubin
“Beauty all around us. Disaster all around us. Contradictory co-existing realities all around us-- and always, most definitely, inside us. But that is nothing new. That has always been true. So tell me, tell me, What are we going to do?” RealityActionNatureBeautyProgressFutureClimate ChangeDisasterAccountabilityBeautiful Disaster Author:Shellen Lubin
“Autumn, when, ultimately, all illusions fall away and are cast aside, leaving the trees and hills and roadways--the very earth itself--laid bare and open, stark realities fully revealed. You cannot move forward in the real world if you cannot see the real world. You cannot find the beauty in the world if all you see is its adornment.” RealityBeautyVisionProgressIllusionNakedAutumnRevelationRevealAutumn Realities Author:Shellen Lubin
“You cannot move forward in the real world if you cannot see the real world. You cannot find the beauty in the world if all you see is its adornment. Autumn comes. Autumn falls. Autumn leaves. The world turns fire and burns off all that is fading.” RealityBeautyVisionFireAutumnDecorationBurnForwardRevealAutumn Falls Author:Shellen Lubin
“I love seasons... But, I must admit-- at the risk of offending the others-- autumn is my very favorite one, as all masks and fancy costumes turn fire and then are shorn, when all illusions fall away, and the beauty of stark reality is fully revealed.” RealityBeautyFireIllusionSeasonsAutumnFacadeMasksRevealAutumn Falls Author:Shellen Lubin