“I think there is a place where hopefulness and hopelessness co-exist, one of my beloved contradictory co-existing realities (what others call a paradox, but paradoxes can be mis-defined themselves, not owning their true contrari-ness and/or co-existence): something like joy-and-hope-in-the-process-of-being-and-becoming, something like awareness-of-distant-goals-without-attachment-to-getting-them, something… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“It's a balancing act, keeping hope but not letting it drive you to distraction. Because the flip side of hope, the dark side, is the side that keeps you wanting to be somewhere else from where you are, with something… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“I've written about persistence and perseverance and yet for those of us with patchwork lives (projects, earnings, caretaking, home-tending, playing, friending, loving, celebrating, hurting,… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“This is one of the harshest after effects of the pandemic that I am witnessing some and experiencing some, a diminished ability to deal… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“When I talk about persistence, it isn't about persistence of equal measure every day. It's about not giving up on whatever is important to… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“When all else fails, go away completely, however long feels necessary.” — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“It's not that there is nothing real to fear-- it is that fear itself is not rationally based-- it's projecting into the future-- as… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“How do any of us find the strength to keep going? Because the work itself is empowering and fulfilling. And because we are not… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“I think there is a place where hopefulness and hopelessness co-exist, one of my beloved contradictory co-existing realities (what others call a paradox, but paradoxes… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“Nobody adores fertilizer. Nobody devotes their life to fertilizer (unless they own a fertilizer company). But, shit, you need it to grow the crops.… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“It's been a relief to not have to fight so hard for at least a large group of us to question the old orthodoxy.… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“This is a critical year--maybe the last critical year if we get this wrong--when we are all challenged to recognize how we have benefitted… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“This is one of the harshest after effects of the pandemicthat I am witnessing someand experiencing some,a diminished ability to deal with resistance,and soa… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“We live in anxious times, my love, anxiety-producing times. It doesn't mean we have to be anxious, but if we've got it, we've got… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
