Time to give hope

RIC_6474-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

     There comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a 
     new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral
     ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give
     hope to each other. That time is now. 
     
      Wangari Maathai

Seeing & Naming

RIC_6647-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I had seen only that which I was able to name. …

The mere words I knew, the richer, fuller, and more variegated would be the world that opened before me, and which I could capture. 

Ryszard Kapuściński, Travels with Herodotus

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The Risk to Bloom

RC1_4854a, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

And then the day came

when the risk to remain

tight in a bud was

more painful than the

risk to bloom.

Anais Nin

World seen clearly

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The facts of this world seen clearly
are seen through tears;
why tell me then
there is something wrong with my eyes?

Margaret Atwood, Notes towards a Poem that can never be Written (For Carolyn Forché)

Care

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Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Unless someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It’s not.

Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

Remember

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Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Remember who you wanted to be.

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