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"With any question of justice, the big picture can feel overwhelming. At those times, I have almost always found it helpful to zoom in, to focus on the same problem at a smaller, more manageable scale. I may not be able to save the zebras and the leopards, but I can help save the zebra swallowtail butterflies and the giant leopard moths. I can do that, at least in my own small yard, by nurturing the host plants they need to reproduce. Making a discernible, measurable difference to my wild neighbors is an act of resistance, too."

Margaret Renkl

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“I began to value myself so much more, trust my instincts, trust my uniqueness. Trusting oneself does not always come naturally. If learned when young, the practice sticks. Today, there is no one who can intimidate me because of title or skill or fame. I do what's right for me.”

Estee Lauder

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Frodo: "I wish none of this had happened." ​ Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

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“Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.”

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"Stop worrying about where the arrow lands. Master the art of drawing the bow."

- Shane Parrish

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"Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion, to the futility of thinking and striving anymore. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do after.” – Kurt Vonnegut

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"Anger is like an oven; heat without light.

Forgiveness is like the moon; light without heat."

James Clear

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“…given that death is the last and best reward for a life **well and fully lived ** I rejoice in his liberation.”

Bobby Weir on Phil Lesh

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"Here’s to loving our plain old regular lives, to looking back tenderly at our younger selves, to the gift of years and what they teach us, and to celebrating the truly extraordinary nature of everyday life."

Shauna Niequist

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"To go with the flow, we would want to let ourselves sit with the feeling of frustration in the body … then let go and be fully with whatever task is in front of us.

Feel the frustration, as a mini meditation, for just 20-30 seconds. Then turn towards the next thing, and devote yourself to it with gratitude.

This is what flow is like, and it is practiced, not perfected."

Leo Babauta

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A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it."

Scott Allen

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“You are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.”

- Richard Feynman

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"Yet, there's no denying that age is catching up with me. So, if I can offer one piece of advice, it's this: use your fifties to figure things out. Start charting your "new journey" or take the one you're on to the next level whatever that means to you.

That is the moment in time to begin forging ahead to your encore, toward your next years.

Yet, I do want to say, it is really never too late to follow your dreams."

- Meri Frischman, The Pro Age Woman

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"Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want." Bob Dylan

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"Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed." Voltaire

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“The most important decision you will ever make is to be in a good mood.” – Voltaire

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“The displacement of love, affection and attention onto a pair of shoes or a dress has built an entire industry,” she wrote. “Like all good defenses, however, they are best used in moderation and only when one understands a little of the motivations that lurk beneath the surface.” Betty Halbreich