“Sometimes people hunger for more than bread.
It is possible that
our children, or husband, our wife,
do not hunger for bread,
do not need clothes,
do not lack a house.
But are we equally sure that
none of them feels alone,
abandoned,
neglected,
needing some affection?
That too is poverty.”
~ Mother Teresa
“Even if others abandon you
You must never abandon yourself.”
Acceptance of one’s life has nothing to do with resignation;
it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary,
it means accepting it as it comes,
with all the handicaps of heredity,
of suffering,
of psychological complexes and injustices.
~ Paul Tournier
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
Don’t resist them;
that only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality.
Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
~ Lao Tzu
*all artwork on Picnic with Ants is created by Wendy Holcombe unless otherwise noted.
“Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us,
we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit
and not be squeamish about taking a good look.”
― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.”
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
~ E.M. Forster
“Rather than being disheartened by the uncertainty of life,
what if we accepted it and relaxed into it?
What if we said,
‘Yes this is the way it is;
this is what it meant so be human,’
and decided to sit and down and enjoy the ride?”
~Pema Chödrön
*all artwork on Picnic with Ants created by W. Holcombe unless otherwise noted.
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