8.26.24

Thought

And what is it but fragments of your own self you would discard that you may become free? If it is an unjust law you would abolish, that law was written with your own hand upon your own forehead. You cannot erase it by burning your law books nor by washing the foreheads of your judges, though you pour the sea upon them.

And if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed. For how can a tyrant rule the free and the proud, but for a tyranny in their own freedom and a shame in their own pride? And if it is a care you would cast off, that care has been chosen by you rather than imposed upon you. And if it is a fear you would dispel, the seat of that fear is in your heart and not in the hand of the feared.

– Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Quote

Rumi on self sufficiency: 

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

Moment of Gratitude 

I’m grateful everyday for the opportunity to learn and to create.

What are you grateful for today? 

Happy Monday,

Val