I’m continually grateful for other writers who write things that wake me up, hit me between the eyes, and make me sit up and take notice. Here are a few of my favorite quotes that I’ve read lately:

1. “It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone…in our own home. Bring love into your home, for this is where our love for each other must start.” Mother Teresa

2. “The world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of once inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our feet and learn to be at home.” Wendell Berry

3. “Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity, can cause to be set in motion…Mend the part of the world that is within your reach.” Clarissa Pinkola Estes

4. To freely bloom…that is my definition of success.” Gerry Bloom

5. “Let go. Let go, let go, let go. And then, trust.” Katrina Kenison