“Maybe that's the thing we need to understand. Some things are a gift, even if you don't get to keep them. Maybe just to know that something this beautiful exists, that's all we can really ask for.”
Source: The Giver of Stars
“The gift of a man is his goodwill.”
“I could meet every soul in the world, and you would still be my favourite.”
Source: The Rose and the Thorn
“Isn't this the purpose of education, to learn the nature of your own gifts and how to use them for good in the world?”
Source: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“In a garden, food arises from partnership. If I don't pick rocks and pull weeds, I'm not fulfilling my end of the bargain. I can do these thing with my handy opposable thumb and capacity to use tools, to shovel manure. But I can no more create a tomato or embroider a trellis in beans than I can turn lead into gold. That is the plants' responsibility and their gift: animating the inanimate. Now there is a gift.”
Source: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“But I think we are called to go beyond cultures of gratitude, to once again become cultures of reciprocity.”
Source: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“If you want to feel more love for someone, be generous and don’t expect anything in return.”
“You know who loves you by the gifts they bring you. The gifts don’t have to cost a lot, they just need to reflect a part of you and of the other person.”
Source: Taína
“ONE OF THE BEST GIFT THAT WE CAN GIVE TO OUR SELF IS OUR HIGHEST INFLUENCE AND COURAGE.”
“A godly mother is a graceful gift.”