“nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know…”

When Things Fall Apart (Pema Chödrön)

“This Is Water” (David Foster Wallace)

Soul, Dir: Pete Docter & Kemp Powers, 2020.

A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”

Fran Lebowitz

“Kindness is the antidote to everything. Just as water soothes fire, kindness calms how we burn each other from time to time. And under all the ways we burn and hurt, there’s the soft and lasting presence we were born with, waiting to blossom in the midst of any trouble.”

Things That Join the Sea and the Sky: Field Notes on Living (Mark Nepo)

The Bridget Jones series