ChangeAbility: How Artists, Activists, and Awakeners Navigate Change
Sharon Weil
Top 10 Best Quotes
“If I’m going to have hope, I’m going to have to learn to endure disappointment.”
“The natural world is built upon common motifs and patterns. Recognizing patterns in nature creates a map for locating yourself in change, and anticipation what is yet to come.”
“If we can’t feel into the heart of grief, we can’t truly move on to experience hope and joy. We can’t be present to what is now, and what is next, because we are bound by the loss and sorrow that holds us to the past. Grief has to flow. It has to be carried, not just by you, but by the others with you, by your community, until it transforms to the next rightful calling of your heart to action.”
“The practice of deep listening is the practice of open inquiry, without assumption or judgement.”
“Healing is essential for lasting change. ...healing is a transformation, not just a quick fix; a change from an inhibited or impaired state to one of greater health, integration and connection. What was damaged must be soothed, repaired, restored, and given new pathways in which to grow and flourish. In order for change to be thorough, old patterns need to be dissolved, and new, more coherent and refined constructs, formed. In creating coherency in new forms, what has become fragmented or separated, injured or diseased must be made whole again, or perhaps made whole for the first time.”
“Shame often causes me to hide my mistakes from others. But really, when I make a mistake, I should make it loud and clear, so I can see that it didn’t work as a strategy, and be able to make a course correction, either by myself or with the help of others.”
“Separation from the community creates isolation. Isolation is the source of most physical, emotional and spiritual disease.”
“Patience is not waiting; it is a quality of waiting.”
“In order to be effective, be responsive. In order to be responsive, listen.”
“Imagination belongs to hope. It’s the creative dance of possibility.”
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