“Sick kids almost never go to their father's side of the bed to announce they're going to barf.” Quote by Julie Ann Barnhill
“Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and stories by their effects.” ThinkingStoriesEffectsBehaviorPerceptionLabelsBiasEvaluate Author:Michael J Cohen
“Our incredible bewilderment (wilderness separation) blinds us from seeing that our many personal and global problems primarily result from our assault of and separation from the natural creation process within and around us. Our estrangement from nature leaves us wanting,and when we want there is never enough. Our insatiable wanting is called greed. It is a major source of our destructive dependencies and violence.” WantEnoughProblemProcessNaturalResultsViolenceSeeingCreationSourceMajorsGreedIncrediblesSeparationDestructiveWildernessAssaultDependencyInsatiableBewildermentEstrangement Author:Michael J Cohen
“With infinite wisdom and care your life is constantly sustained because Nature flows through you.” CareLife IsFlowInfinite Author:Michael J Cohen
“On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.” LifeEndsWholeSidesSaintDenyEthos Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“Nurture your felt love for nature. Never deny it. That love is the eons, the purifying intelligence, beauty and diversity of nature sustaining us in its perfection. Our disconnection from this love and its advice produces our hurt, greed and destructiveness. We must reconnect and restore its peaceful voice in our thoughts, soul and surroundings.” SoulFeltVoiceHurtLove IsAdviceProduceDiversityPerfectionGreedDenyPeacefulNurtureOur ThoughtsSurroundingsSustainingPurifyingDisconnectionDestructiveness Author:Michael J Cohen
“Our tomorrows must be met at the time of their arrival... with the HOPE they are as BEAUTIFUL as today!” TodayBeautifulTomorrowMetsArrivals Author:Joe Peterson
“We're mortal, yet without a known expiration date. It's an inevitable fate worthy of acceptance, but not deserving of predictions.” KnownFateAcceptanceWorthyMortalsInevitablePredictionsDeservingInevitable Fate Author:Joe Peterson
“Whether we experience it or not, grief accompanies all the major changes in our lives. When we realize that we have grieved before and recovered, we see that we may recover this time as well. It is more natural to recover than to halt in the tracks of grief forever. Our expectations, willingness and beliefs are all essential to our recovery from grief. It is right to expect to recover, no matter how great the loss. Recovery is the normal way .” WayWellsMayMatterBeliefRealizingNaturalLossGriefForeverOur LivesEssentialsNormalMajorsExpectationsTrackRecoveryWillingnessHaltAccompanyMajor Change Author:Judy Tatelbaum