Dia-ar-te - DiA

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.

Thich Nhat Hanh (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

So true, our generation has been deprived from being still and compassion.

Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.

Ibn Battuta (via tltravel)

we are energy, we are the universe, 

I need some positivity in my life right now, and I adore this little picture. #positivity

On WOC & Writing

The Guardian: What is some advice you have for women who want to write online?

Ayesha Siddiqi, EIC of The New Inquiry: The voice is your head that’s asking how dare you is the voice produced by an environment that’s going to be challenged by your daring. The risk of undervaluing what you have to offer, especially for women of color, is so much greater than the risk of overvaluing it. Your contribution may not be grand, but its absence is going to be deeply felt and be part of a much greater void in our culture and history.

From #SunsetPark to #Ferguson. #InSolidarity

Amen.

What I constantly remind the youth I work with and myself as well. Promote healthy growth.

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Wisdom.

http://crashinglybeautiful.tumblr.com/post/21368577710/above-all-else-we-need-to-nourish-our-true

Above all else, we need to nourish our true self—what we can call our buddha nature—for so often we make the fatal mistake of identifying with our confusion, and then using it to judge and condemn ourselves, which feeds the lack of self-love that so many of us suffer from today. How vital it is...