Quotes about Awareness

Take a month and show some kindness for the folks who thought that blindness was an illness that affected eyes alone.

We are sa blind as we want to be

under my eye, but not my thumb.

We are only as blind as we want to be

Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.

Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it.

A lack of courage allows us to remain blinded to our own history and deaf to the cries of our past.

Last year changed its seasons subtly, stripped its sultry winds for the reds of dying leaves, let gelid drips of winter ice melt onto a warming earth and urged the dormant bulbs to brave the pain of spring. We, loving, above the whim of time, did not notice. Alone. I remember now.

I think that everyone thought that the Depression like everything else, was for the white-folks, so it had nothing to do with them.

Today, I will let things happen without worrying about the significance of each event. I will trust that this will bring about my growth faster than running around with a microscope. I will trust my lessons to reveal themselves in their own time.

Can you feel the rush? Listen quietly. It's there. It's the sound of a life and spirit being set free. God, help me set myself free from ridiculous and unnecessary expectations.

It's not what we don't know that hurts us," people say. "It's what we believe is true that isn't that does the damage." There