Those who are friends…
Those who are friends on the ground of virtue are anxious to do well by each other.
~Aristotle
I’ve learned that…
Q: How do you want people to remember how you made them feel after you are gone?
A: In my presence, I hope people feel that they matter, that they are truly seen and heard.
~Brandi Helligso
What lies behind…
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man should…
“A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
-Alexander Pope
To err is…
“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
-Alexander Pope
The world has…
“The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consider the world, our earth, to be like a school , and our life, the classrooms. Sometimes on our planet life school, the lessons often come dressed up as detours and road blocks and sometimes as full blown crisis. And the secret I’ve learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons.”
-Oprah Winfrey
I couldn’t have said it better myself!
Yours Truly,
~Brandi
What is not…
“What is not ex-pressed is de-pressed.”
-Mark Nepo
pg.52, The Book of Awakening
Don’t ask what…
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
-Howard Thurman
You are that…
“You are that which you are seeking.”
-Saint Francis
What can I do…
“What can I do to always remember who I really am?”
-Juan Ramon Jiminez
We are not…
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
– Pierre Teilhard de Chardin