“When all of our thoughts and feelings relating to death are as accepted and appreciated as those connected to youth and love and passion for life, we will live in a world filled with harmony, equality, and endless creative solutions to problems we now consider hopeless.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“There is a life under every mad, crazy schedule, underneath all your incessant thought, all your planning and worry. Let’s call this life ‘she’. She will take you where you need to go, tell you what you need to hear, give you what your soul truly wants. She lives and breathes in her own way, […]
“Don’t overthink what you want in life. You might miss out on it entirely.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“If you cannot be accountable in the simplest situations, in the most basic communication, you will not face the great difficulties of life with totality, with integrity, discernment, and courage.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“If life seems cruel, unfair, or relentlessly packed with unfortunate events, it means you focus on what you dislike and on what you do not want. There are a zillion thoughts to choose from. Pick one that sparks curiosity, laughter, and joy. Spend your attention wisely.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“There is no edge, no arrival, no pinnacle in life. There are only push and pull, ease and strain, the cognitive shallows and depths. All these are forms of breath and we exist in the Universe’s great inhale.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Without pain, denial, and darkness, there would be no definition to enthusiasm, authenticity, and joy. Contrast in life is what makes your life a work of art.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“An extraordinary life requires extraordinary risk. Not in time or effort or will, but in allowing your perceptions to be vulnerable, including a few split second decisions made from your gut that will change the course of your life entirely. That’s what death does. That’s what change is. The courageous meet death before it happens. They change before life forces them to.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“The victim lets circumstances, the choices of others, and their own predictions (of how others might react to their choices) shape their path. The creator sees these things as opportunities and uses obstacles to amass and integrate fresh, new possibilities that will reshape their most stubborn convictions. They don’t avoid or run away. They face, lean in. They are as malleable as the cosmos that created them and in turn become the breath of the universe.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Die every day to the pain, to thoughts that cause suffering and separation, so that you can wake each morning a fresh, innocent, gentle human being.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
