Soul Food | Inspiration
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Today’s #SoulFood
“The threads of our lives are woven together. What affects one strand affects the whole fabric.” ~ Indigenous Wisdom
Today’s #Key: Every choice you make sends ripples through the lives of others—we are that intimately connected.
Today’s #SoulFood | Louise Hay
“The more we love ourselves, the less we project our pain into the world.” ~ Louise Hay
Today’s #Key: Self-love is not a luxury or self-indulgence, but rather the essential foundation for creating a more compassionate life.
Today’s #SoulFood | Alfred Adler
“Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.” ~ Alfred Adler
Today’s #Key: True understanding and respect begin when you experience the world as another person lives it—even for just a moment.
Today’s #SoulFood | Albert Schweitzer
“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
Today’s #Key: Kindness doesn’t argue with resistance—it warms it until walls become doorways.
Today’s #SoulFood | Jack Kornfield
“The practice of compassion and love can be the most powerful tool for transforming ourselves and others.” ~ Jack Kornfield
Today’s #Key: Compassion is the bridge that transforms ‘you’ and ‘me’ into ‘we.’
Today’s #SoulFood | Harold S. Kushner
“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” ~ Harold S. Kushner
Today’s #Key: Be generous because generosity is who you are—let who you are determine what you do, not who’s watching or what you’ll receive.
Today’s #SoulFood | Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Today’s #Key: Kindness and compassion are not weaknesses—they are courage in action: choosing humanity, love, and connection in difficult times.
Today’s #SoulFood | Anne Lamott
“Almost everything will work better if you unplug it for a few minutes—including you.” ~ Anne Lamott
Today’s #Key: Silence and stillness are active forms of self-care, wellness and restoration—not avoidance or escape.
Today’s #SoulFood | Ryan Holiday
“The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.” ~ Ryan Holiday
Today’s #Key: The detour is the destination in disguise—the “wrong” path often turns out to be profoundly right.
Today’s #SoulFood | Maya Angelou
“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” ~ Maya Angelou
Today’s #Key: When you give, you prove to yourself that you can contain more than you imagined and you are capable of more than you believed.
Today’s #SoulFood | Marcel Proust
“We don’t receive wisdom, we discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us.” ~ Marcel Proust
Today’s #Key: No one can walk your path for you. Wisdom is the reward for taking the journey only you can take.
Today’s #SoulFood | Mark Nepo
“There are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.” ~ Mark Nepo
Today’s #Key: Your journey isn’t about avoiding mistakes—it’s about embracing the wisdom each path offers.
Today’s #SoulFood | Donna Marie
“Notice life’s gentle notifications—the still, small whispers inviting you to do this, go there, choose that. It’s letting you know: this is the way.” ~ Donna Marie
Today’s #Key: Life’s clear guidance is felt, not forced—not a should, but a whisper.
Today’s #SoulFood | Dr. Wayne Dyer
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer
Today’s #Key: Train your mind to meet life where it is, not where you wish it were. That’s where freedom lives.
Today’s #SoulFood | Melinda French Gates
“Optimism isn’t a belief that things will automatically get better, it’s a conviction that we can make things better.” ~ Melinda French Gates
Today’s #Key: Optimism isn’t wishful thinking—it’s a commitment to action, to build a better tomorrow today!
Today’s #SoulFood | Vern McLellan
“What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.” ~ Vern McLellan
Today’s #Key: The quality of your year begins with the quality of your presence.
Today’s #SoulFood | Gertrude Stein
“Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life.” ~ Gertrude Stein
Today’s #Key: Every morning arrives as a miracle, offering a fresh start—the joy rising in your chest is life itself celebrating you.
Today’s #SoulFood | Tony Schwartz
“Let go of certainty. The opposite isn’t uncertainty. It’s openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox.” ~ Tony Schwartz
Today’s #Key: Release your need for certainty—what awaits is wonder. Curiosity opens worlds.