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Joanna Macy Quotes

You don’t need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough Picture Quote #1

There are the holding actions, the changing actions, and the vision of the future - what we want to see happen for the Earth. All are essential Picture Quote #1

Qualities like love and compassion are not just abstract virtues that are the property of saints and adepts. Anyone can develop these qualities in themselves by doing spiritual practices. As the Buddha said, Come and see Picture Quote #1

Walk boldly through your life with an open, broken heart Picture Quote #1

The future is not out there in front of us, but inside us Picture Quote #1

Grace happens when we act with others on behalf of our world Picture Quote #1

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The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe Picture Quote #1

The web of life both cradles us and calls us to weave it further Picture Quote #1

The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world Picture Quote #1

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 the world to heal Picture Quote #1

Clothe yourself in your authority. You speak not only as yourself or for yourself. You will speak and act with the courage and endurance that has been yours through the long, beautiful aeons of your life story Picture Quote #1

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 clearly how it’s going to turn out, we are still called to let the future into our imagination. We will never be able to build what we have not first cherished in our hearts Picture Quote #1

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Action isn’t a burden to be hoisted up and lugged around on our shoulders. It is something we are. The work we have to do can be seen as a kind of coming alive. More than some moral imperative, it’s an awakening to our true nature, a releasing of our gifts Picture Quote #1

It’s walking the razor’s edge of the sacred moment where you don’t know, you can’t count on, and comfort yourself with any sure hope. All you can know is your allegiance to life and your intention to serve it in this moment that we are given. In that sense, this radical uncertainty liberates your creativity and courage Picture Quote #1

The biggest gift you can give is to be absolutely present, and when you’re worrying about whether you’re hopeful or hopeless or pessimistic or optimistic, who cares? The main thing is that you’re showing up, that you’re here and that you’re finding ever more capacity to love this world because it will not be healed without that. That was what is going to unleash our intelligence and our ingenuity and our solidarity for the healing of our world Picture Quote #1

We are making choices that will affect whether beings thousands of generations from now will be able to be born sound of mind and body Picture Quote #1

It is good to realize that falling apart is not such a bad thing. Indeed, it is as essential to evolutionary and psychological transformation as the cracking of outgrown shells Picture Quote #1

Gratitude is liberating. It is subversive. It helps us to realize that we are sufficient, and that realization frees us Picture Quote #1

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The refusal to feel takes a heavy toll. Not only is there an impoverishment of our emotional and sensory life, flowers are dimmer and less fragrant, our loves less ecstaticâ but this psychic numbing also impedes our capacity to process and respond to information. The energy expended in pushing down despair is diverted from more creative uses, depleting the resilience and imagination needed for fresh visions and strategies Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) There are the holding actions, the changing actions, and the vision of the future - what we want to see happen for the Earth. All are essential (Joanna Macy Quotes) Qualities like love and compassion are not just abstract virtues that are the property of saints and adepts. Anyone can develop these qualities in themselves by doing spiritual practices. As the Buddha said, Come and see (Joanna Macy Quotes) Walk boldly through your life with an open, broken heart (Joanna Macy Quotes) The future is not out there in front of us, but inside us (Joanna Macy Quotes) Grace happens when we act with others on behalf of our world (Joanna Macy Quotes) The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe (Joanna Macy Quotes) The web of life both cradles us and calls us to weave it further (Joanna Macy Quotes) The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world (Joanna Macy Quotes) 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 the world to heal (Joanna Macy Quotes) Clothe yourself in your authority. You speak not only as yourself or for yourself. You will speak and act with the courage and endurance that has been yours through the long, beautiful aeons of your life story (Joanna Macy Quotes) 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 clearly how it’s going to turn out, we are still called to let the future into our imagination. We will never be able to build what we have not first cherished in our hearts (Joanna Macy Quotes) Action isn’t a burden to be hoisted up and lugged around on our shoulders. It is something we are. The work we have to do can be seen as a kind of coming alive. More than some moral imperative, it’s an awakening to our true nature, a releasing of our gifts (Joanna Macy Quotes) It’s walking the razor’s edge of the sacred moment where you don’t know, you can’t count on, and comfort yourself with any sure hope. All you can know is your allegiance to life and your intention to serve it in this moment that we are given. In that sense, this radical uncertainty liberates your creativity and courage (Joanna Macy Quotes) The biggest gift you can give is to be absolutely present, and when you’re worrying about whether you’re hopeful or hopeless or pessimistic or optimistic, who cares? The main thing is that you’re showing up, that you’re here and that you’re finding ever more capacity to love this world because it will not be healed without that. That was what is going to unleash our intelligence and our ingenuity and our solidarity for the healing of our world (Joanna Macy Quotes) We are making choices that will affect whether beings thousands of generations from now will be able to be born sound of mind and body (Joanna Macy Quotes) It is good to realize that falling apart is not such a bad thing. Indeed, it is as essential to evolutionary and psychological transformation as the cracking of outgrown shells (Joanna Macy Quotes) Gratitude is liberating. It is subversive. It helps us to realize that we are sufficient, and that realization frees us (Joanna Macy Quotes) The refusal to feel takes a heavy toll. Not only is there an impoverishment of our emotional and sensory life, flowers are dimmer and less fragrant, our loves less ecstaticâ but this psychic numbing also impedes our capacity to process and respond to information. The energy expended in pushing down despair is diverted from more creative uses, depleting the resilience and imagination needed for fresh visions and strategies (Joanna Macy Quotes)