“We are all connected. What unites us is our common humanity. I don't want to oversimplify things - but the suffering of a mother who has lost her child is not dependent on her nationality, ethnicity or religion. White, black, rich, poor, Christian, Muslim or Jew - pain is pain - joy is joy.” WantChildrenChristianPainJoyMotherSufferingHumanityLostBlackWhitePoorCommonRichJewConnectedDependentNationalityEthnicityRich PoorCommon Humanity Author:Desmond Tutu
“I am born connected. I am born remembering rivers flowing from my mother's body into my body.” BodyRememberMotherBornRiversConnected Author:Meinrad Craighead
“The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that. I used to think it came from her Native-American side. Whichever it was, she instinctively connected with nature, and taught me that.” ThinkingFirstsChildrenUsedMotherFeltSidesTaughtConnectedCreditForestsNativeNative AmericanCathedrals Author:Alice Walker