“In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true… There’s not a day that goes by that we don’t think of you.”
"People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull. They hate their work and find no rest in their leisure. They are estranged from their families and their neighbors. It should tell us something that in healthy societies drug use is celebrative, convivial, and occasional, whereas among us it is lonely, shameful, and addictive. We need drugs, apparently, because we have lost each other."
- Wendell Berry
Awareness
"You cannot affirm the power plant and condemn the smokestack, or affirm the smoke and condemn the cough."
- Wendell Berry
Balance
"We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist."
- Wendell Berry
Creativity
""We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.""
- Wendell Berry
Creativity
"The earth is what we all have in common."
- Wendell Berry
Connection to Earth
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."
- Marcus Aurelius
Gratitude
"To get happier, try gratitude, giving back, savoring, encouraging your optimism, and celebrating progress."
- Jonathan Harnum
Gratitude
"Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience."
- Roy T. Bennett
Gratitude
"Sometimes the little things in life mean the most."
- Ellen Hopkins
Gratitude
"The two words that will change your life are 'thank you'. Like a candle that can light a thousand more without shortening its own life, appreciation is a gift that, when given, can set the whole world aglow."
- Stacey Lee
Gratitude