Skippy Beresford:
No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not entirely own us. It can’t take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action.
Skippy Beresford:
The only thing which has to heal is the illusion of being separate.
Skippy Beresford:
Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.
Skippy Beresford:
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Skippy Beresford:
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
Skippy Beresford:
The things that truly bring us joy are rarely things.
Skippy Beresford:
Everyone can experience the joy and blessing of generosity; because everyone has something to give.
Skippy Beresford:
To keep a warm heart in a cold world is the real victory.
Skippy Beresford:
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Skippy Beresford:
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and, at last, you create what you will.
Skippy Beresford:
One is content if one can find happiness in simple pleasures.
Skippy Beresford:
Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.
Skippy Beresford:
Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life itself reveals again and again the opposite: that letting go is the path to real freedom.
Skippy Beresford:
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
Skippy Beresford:
It sometimes requires courage to run from danger.
Skippy Beresford:
After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.
Skippy Beresford:
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower, and every pumpkin a lantern.
Skippy Beresford:
Plunge into the ocean of your heart, for there you will find the universe.
Skippy Beresford:
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.
Skippy Beresford:
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Skippy Beresford:
From caring comes courage.
Skippy Beresford:
The difference between work and play is only a matter of attitude.
Skippy Beresford:
Inside each of us is a natural-born storyteller, waiting to be released.
Skippy Beresford:
Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams.
Skippy Beresford:
Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon: you will be surprised how often you get it.
Skippy Beresford:
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
Skippy Beresford:
Mischief is merely the sign of childlike curiosity and limitless imagination.
Skippy Beresford:
The true wonder of the world is available everywhere, in the minutest parts of our bodies, in the vast expanses of the cosmos, and in the interconnectedness of these and all things.
Skippy Beresford:
The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.
Skippy Beresford:
Never let anyone else tell you what is possible.
