“Trust and respect. Necessary elements to finding a way through. But sometimes we can't. And when we can't-- when the mist is so thick that we can't even see our own hands-- no less the other person's heart-- sometimes we must be still. I must be still.” LoveHeartFaithFamilyTrustRespectSalvationStillnessFogRespect The Mist Author:Shellen Lubin
“Your worst fears are just that, fears. All you know, all you have done is always there with you, will always be so. Nothing is lost when you leap--jump in-- with openness to the great whatever.” WisdomActionFaithFearTrustNew YearRenewalBegin AgainOpenResolutions Author:Shellen Lubin
“You don't find meaning and then move. You move and the meaning will emerge.” FaithMovementTrustMeaningEmerge Author:Shellen Lubin
“Some loose ends need to be tied up but still their threads are part of the tapestry. Some loose ends need to be re-woven. Some need to be pulled and allowed to lead us where they may ...” ArtFaithDestinyCourageDesignOrganizationCuriositySurrenderResolutionLoose Ends 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
“Fly, even if for just a moment. You may land somewhere different. You may land somewhat different. Leap.” FaithChangeMovementDiscoveryMoving ForwardFreeFlyThe No New Normal New Normal Author:Shellen Lubin
“This is not an easy time But tell me—tell me here, with all we know upended: What has real meaning and value for you? Right now? What is worth your time and love, your self-investment, No matter what the morrow brings?” LoveTimeFaithStruggleValueMeaningPresent MomentThe No New Normal New Normal 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
“When all else fails, laugh at the quandary. When all else fails, laugh at yourself. When all else fails, love as is.” LoveFaithPerspectiveBalanceLaughterPreparationOpennessWhen All Else FailsQuandary Author:Shellen Lubin
“It is important to dream, but then, but then, it is also important to do, to make, to attempt, to fail, to learn, to grow, to create, to devise, to fail again, to learn more, to persist, go on, hold on, keep holding on, against all odds, defying logic, and then, and only then you may just work a vision into being.” DreamActionFaithCreationPersistenceLearnPossibilitiesCreateGrowOpen To The Possibilities Author:Shellen Lubin
“This is not an easy time, love, and yet … In order to leap and land, you must leap, And in that moment of leaping, there may be No solid ground, no safety rail, But in that moment you fly.” ActionFaithStruggleFlyingMoving ForwardUnknownFlyThe No New Normal New Normal Author:Shellen Lubin
“We cannot have reckless hope... Everything that actually happens happens in the real world, our real world. We need to take action, have hope and faith, but also learn from what actually occurs... Another tricky balancing act. Another contradictory co-existing reality. Another tightrope dance.” ActionFaithHopeBalancing ActTightrope Dance Author:Shellen Lubin
“Hope is bubbling in the ocean of our collective lives... I can feel the hope bubbling inside, popping little pockets of air rising to the surface. I try to suppress them-- too soon, unsure, can't afford to risk-- but why? And why would I want to? Those bubbles pop joy into the air, spring action to life, and they feel so good, massaging the soul.” LoveSoulActionJoyFaithHopeInterconnectednessHope Bubbles Author:Shellen Lubin
“Engage with the world and it will hone you, more connected and less frivolous.” FaithFocusBecomingMaturityConnectionEngagementBack To School 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
“If we trust our assumptions more than reality we may fall right off the edge. One of the more horrifying things I know of is people driving off a highway in the dead of night into a chasm, a river, a ravine where the bridge has collapsed but the flares and barriers have not yet gone up... I shudder for the people who drive right off the cliff assuming a bridge that no longer exists, assuming the road goes on when it doesn't. Because how else can you drive? We must assume the road is there--the bridge is there-- as we drive forward into the unknown. But we must keep our eyes on the road as well.” RealityFaithConsciousnessFocusSecurityTrustHorrorSafetyUnknownAssumption Collapse Author:Shellen Lubin
“We cannot get anywhere without hope and yet we cannot get anywhere on hope alone.” RealityFaithHopeBalanceContradictionTightrope Dance Author:Shellen Lubin