“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”
"Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? …We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors. Life is really a plural noun, a caravan of selves."
- Diane Ackerman
Transformation
"I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."
- Diane Ackerman
Personal Growth
"Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning."
- Diane Ackerman
Learning
"If an event is meant to matter emotionally, symbolically, or mystically, food will be close at hand to sanctify and bind it."
- Diane Ackerman
Connection to Earth
"June orchestrates the symphony of life, reminding us of the interconnectedness and wonder of the natural world."
- Diane Ackerman
Connection to Earth
"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."
- Will Rogers
Reflection
"Life is like a sewer … what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."
- Tom Lehrer
Reflection
"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done."
- Lucille Ball
Reflection
"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."
- Pema Chodron
Reflection
"Happy Tuesday! It is a good day to reflect on the week so far and spread happiness."
Reflection