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.

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"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

"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

Reflection

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"Love has the power to transform even the most hideous of creatures."

- Beauty and the Beast

Transformation

"Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

Transformation

"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Transformation

"It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change."

- Queen Elizabeth II

Transformation

"Today is not just Tuesday, it is Transformation Tuesday. That means that success does not just come to you, you have to go out and get it. So what are you waiting for?"

Transformation