“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”

C. Joybell C.

"I'm realizing over and over again that things always work out. Life is a twisty, bumpy, amazing thing that always seems to come back to center just when I least expect it."
-LAG

“When someone is angry and lashing out at you, as hard at it may be, don't take it personally. It's not about you; it's about what is going on inside of them.” – Denise Marek

Begin today. Declare outloud to the universe that you are willing to let go of struggle and eager to learn through joy.
-Sarah Ban Breathnach 

"Control, apparently, is not the answer.  People who need certainty in their lives are less likely to make art that is risky, subversive, complicated, iffy, suggestive or spontaneous.  What's really needed is nothing more than a broad sense of what you are looking for, some strategy for how to find it, and an overriding willingness to embrace mistakes and surprises along the way.  Simply put, making art is chancy - it doesn't mix well with predictability.  Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art.  And tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding."  ~Art & Fear

"Our suffering comes from the fact that we are attached to the outer form that something assumes in a given instant rather than the movable conversation that stands behind it.  Keeping up with what is occurring rather than lagging and getting caught in things that no longer exist, is one of the the great disciplines of life."  ~David Whyte, The Three Marriages 

"Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself."  ~Zen Proverb

Creativity means letting go of trying to be "perfect"...it means being willing to be wild, silly and downright outrageous." -Christine Mason Miller

"The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don't want."   -Iyanla Vanzant

"Sometimes it feels like i'm chasing my own freedom, swirling toward another version of myself, if only I would allow it to be." Kelly Rae Roberts

Somehow, when we no longer feel in control, we become available to deeper aliveness. - Richard Moss

Every day is a miraculous day. Allow the spirit of love to prevail. Release attachment to meaningless things and remember who you are. -Marianne Williamson