“What is beautiful, healing, and truthful now will not be in the clutches of a desire to keep them alive. They are dynamic, living things, subject to the individuals they serve and cannot be controlled or contained.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Chaos precedes order and order precedes chaos and beauty is somewhere between.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“There is no release from your humanity. There is no paradise. There are only brief respites between chaos, only beauty pressed between pain; and you are the container of it all. You cannot cut out different bits of you; but you can love them and consider them with wonder.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Never mind your ideas of how things should look, your expectations of how things must be. Life will scramble all of that into an unrecognizable chaos. The difficulty, the joy, the privilege is in being undone and then creatively reshaping yourself into a form you never imagined could be so beautiful.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Be self-critical, scour your thoughts and behavior for accountability, then exercise compassion, hold your humanity with loving grace, and realize that those willing to forgive are the receivers of your finest beauty and those who cannot never saw it in the first place.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Just as a breeze animates a tree, sustains an eagle mid-flight, or moves clouds as if with purpose, so I am a presence that breathes life into these arms and legs, this mind, heart and skin as I consciously pass through life leaving light, beauty, and love in my wake.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
The wind slightly rustles leaves of a tree as if to say, “Here I am. See me through the graceful movement of these leaves and branches. I am here, but can only be seen if I move things in my path.” The wind animates the tree and is like the invisible force of the universe, […]
I think many times we mistake broken trust (or the earning of trust) as singular moments. Probably, because those bits of life are the peaks of our vulnerability. And we are so ready to be let down, misunderstood, or betrayed. But with the right person, one who has proven again and again that they will […]
“Synergy amid humans redeems, beautifies, and is the thing of splendor in an advanced and (dare I say it) divine civilization.” -AmyJalapeño.com synergy |noun| the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects (via my all-knowing dictionary widget)
“The purpose of inner self-reliance is not primarily for the individual. Its most beautiful work and most powerful moments are when it is recognized, used and applied in relationships.” -AmyJalapeño.com
