We hold ourselves captive in a fish bowl.

We hold ourselves captive in a fish bowl. The illusions of our own minds are the judge, jury and conviction of our own soul. Our hearts are the key to release us from holding ourselves prisoner. By opening our hearts and taking down the walls of delusional limitations we are free to explore the vast sea of life. ~Deborah Livingston







“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.” ~ Louise Erdrich