We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate; it oppresses.

- Gay Hendricks

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have.    

Eckhart Tolle

In nature, nothing is perfect, and everything is perfect.  Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.

Alice Walker

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one “race” – the human race – and that we are all members of it.

Margaret Atwood.