None of us know what we are capable of until we are tested. -Elizabeth Blackwell
What She Said, October 13: Elizabeth Blackwell
What She Said, October 12: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In a sick society, women who have difficulty fitting in are not ill but demonstrating a healthy and positive response. -Charlotte Perkins Gilman
What She Said, October 11: Maxine Hong Kingston
In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment. -Maxine Hong Kingston
What She Said, October 10: Pema Chodron
Things falling apart is a kind of testing but also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together and they fall apart. The healing comes from letting there be room for all this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy. -Pema Chodron
What She Said, October 9: St. Therese of Lisieux
Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love. -St. Therese of Lisieux
What She Said, October 8: Anne Lamott
The opposite of faith is not doubt. It’s certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns -Anne Lamott
What She Said, October 7: Madeline L’Engle
Creative scientists and saints expect revelation and do not fear it. Neither do children. But as we grow up and we are hurt, we learned not to trust. -Madeline L’Engle
Living With the Elephant
I’m wondering lately about how I can best live with the elephant in the living room. I want to ignore the elephant, but he’s large, weighing on average six tons. He never […]
What She Said, October 6: Ada Lovelace
Your best and wisest refuge from all your troubles is in your science. -Ada Lovelace
What She Said, October 5: Marie Curie
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. -Marie Curie
The Gloria Sirens 