There's a song that wants to sing itself through us. We just got to be available. Maybe the song that is to be sung through us is the most beautiful requiem for an irreplaceable planet or maybe it's a song of joyous rebirth as we create a new culture that doesn't destroy its world. But in any case, there's absolutely no excuse for our making our passionate love for our world dependent on what we think of its degree of health, whether we think it's going to go on forever. Those are just thoughts anyway. But this moment you're alive, so you can just dial up the magic of that at any time.
Walk boldly through your life with an open, broken heart. - Joanna Macy
Walk boldly through your life with an open, broken heart.
- Joanna Macy
The wave of the future is on the local level. Don't waste your heart and mind trying to pull down what is already destroying itself. But come into wh… - Joanna Macy
The wave of the future is on the local level. Don't waste your heart and mind trying to pull down what is already destroying itself. But come into wh…
This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. S… - Joanna Macy
This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. S…
The future is not out there in front of us, but inside us. - Joanna Macy
The future is not out there in front of us, but inside us.
To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe -- to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, org… - Joanna Macy
To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe -- to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, org…
Because the relationship between self and world is reciprocal, it is not a matter of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work t… - Joanna Macy
Because the relationship between self and world is reciprocal, it is not a matter of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work t…
Out of this darkness a new world can arise, not to be constructed by our minds so much as to emerge from our dreams. Even though we cannot see clearl… - Joanna Macy
Out of this darkness a new world can arise, not to be constructed by our minds so much as to emerge from our dreams. Even though we cannot see clearl…
You don't need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough. - Joanna Macy
You don't need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough.
The sorrow, grief, and rage you feel is a measure of your humanity and your evolutionary maturity. As your heart breaks open there will be room for t… - Joanna Macy
The sorrow, grief, and rage you feel is a measure of your humanity and your evolutionary maturity. As your heart breaks open there will be room for t…
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