If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear. People who can open to the web of life that called us into being
Joanna MacyYou don't need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough.
Joanna MacyOut of this darkness a new world can arise, not to be constructed by our minds so much as to emerge from our dreams. Even though we cannot see clearly how it's going to turn out, we are still called to let the future into our imagination. We will never be able to build what we have not first cherished in our hearts.
Joanna MacyGratitude is liberating. It is subversive. It helps us to realize that we are sufficient, and that realization frees us.
Joanna Macy