To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from. Terry Tempest Williams More Quotes by Terry Tempest Williams More Quotes From Terry Tempest Williams Tortoise steps, slow steps, four steps like a tank with a tail dragging in the sand. Tortoise steps, land based, land locked, dusty like the desert tortoise herself, fenced in, a prisoner on her own reservation -- teaching us the slow art of revolutionary patience. Terry Tempest Williams land teaching art Story is a sacred visualization, a way of echoing experience. Terry Tempest Williams sacred stories way When I said, "I am my mother, but I'm not," I was saying my path would be my own. Terry Tempest Williams path would-be mother Shards of glass can cut and wound or magnify a vision. Terry Tempest Williams vision cutting glasses The time had come to protest with the heart, that to deny one's genealogy with the earth was to commit treason against one's soul. Terry Tempest Williams soul earth heart Our correspondences have wings - paper birds that fly from my house to yours - flocks of ideas crisscrossing the country. Once opened, a connection is made. We are not alone in the world. Terry Tempest Williams wings country ideas This is an incredibly creative time. It is a difficult time. It is a disparaging time. A time of cultural and global transitions based on the realization that the Earth cannot support nonsustainable practices anymore. I believe capitalism will eventually be replaced by a communitarian ethic where the rights and care of all beings will be taken into consideration, not just the greed of a corporate few. Terry Tempest Williams support taken believe I don't think there is anything as powerful as an active heart. They do not fear the wisdom of emotion, but embody it. They know how to listen. They are polite when they need to be and unyielding when necessary. They remain open, even as they push boundaries and inhabit the margins, understanding eventually, the margins will move toward the center. They are tenacious, informed, patient, and impatient, at once. They do not shy away from what is difficult. They refuse to accept the unacceptable. The most effective activists I know are in love with the world. Terry Tempest Williams powerful heart moving CONVERSATION is the vehicle for change. Terry Tempest Williams vehicle conversation WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt? Terry Tempest Williams shame guilt doubt Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction. Terry Tempest Williams transformed destruction I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred. Terry Tempest Williams sacred vegetables animal I will never be able to say what is in my heart because words fail us, because it is in our nature to protect, because there are times when what is public and what is private must be discerned. Terry Tempest Williams failing able heart My voice is born repeatedly in the fields of uncertainty. Terry Tempest Williams born voice fields When one woman doesn't speak, other women get hurt. Terry Tempest Williams one-woman speak hurt If so, then it was also here where I came to know I can survive what hurts. I believed in my capacity to stand back up and run into the waves again and again, no matter the risk. Terry Tempest Williams risk hurt running When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship. Terry Tempest Williams censorship silence choices How do we remain faithful to our own spiritual imagination and not betray what we know in our own bodies? The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Terry Tempest Williams faithful imagination spiritual There is no one true church, no one chosen people. Terry Tempest Williams chosen church people The mind creates those things that exist. Terry Tempest Williams mind
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