The Self
“The self, the place where we live, is a place of illusion. Goodness is connected with the attempt to see the unself… to pierce the veil of selfish consciousness and join the world as it really is,” Iris Murdoch wrote in a 1970
Happiness chemicals? Yep!
Rebecca Solnit on Hope
Thomas Moore, from Care of the Soul
Nick Cave
JRR Tolkien
Shel Silverstein
MLK
Michael Cunliffe Poetry
Wealth Ain't Integrity
Bring me to the river where I will wash myself clean of the soot of a society that believes one’s value as a human is measured by financial worth. Many, so sadly, mistake wealth for integrity.
Classic
I am stronger than ever,
but at once breaking down,
like an old car whose pipes are rusting and wires are finicky,
but can still fly smoothly down the highway.
Tricia Schwaba, 2022
Today's Rules For Living, A to Z
Art Source: Evanston Public Library
Ask the tough questions
Believe the answers
Create your own space
Do what feels harmonious
Feel it all
Go to the heart
Have courage and call out the BS
Invent ways to circumvent your demons
Just be
Know you’re good right here
Let it be
Marry yourself not to another but to your authentic self
Never shame— nourish
Opt for joy
Piece it together
Quite your whining
Rest when you can
See your own beauty
Treat yourself with respect
Unveil your darkest secrets to yourself
Vibrate to the universal rhythm
Wells of goodness are real
X-cavate your buried treasure
Yes you really can be free
Zest all citrus :O
Tricia Schwaba 2022
Universe
art source: Anon
U nder
N eath
I
V ibrate
E lectrically
R eal
S trength
E merges
Tricia Schwaba, 2022
Vitkor Frankl Quote
From the Archives: Holy Ground
Art Source: Stepanka Pavlikova
See the beauty through the wrath
Feel the grace of the forgiving path
View the splendor as you walk
Each foot down no need to talk
Life, the gift is felt within
Your inner sanctum a place to begin
To witness blessings all around
A divine uncovering of Holy Ground
Tricia Schwaba, 12 19
Faith
Art Source: Brady Nielson
Marianne Williamson
“It’s unbelievable how tenaciously we cling to what we’ve prayed to be released from.”
Soul
“Remember, soul appears most easily in those places where we feel most inferior.”
Care Cure
“A major difference between care & cure is that cure implies the end of trouble. If you are cured, you don’t have to worry about whatever was bothering you any longer. But care has a sense of ongoing attention. There is no end. ”