We die.

That may be the meaning of life.

But we do language.

That may be the measure of our lives.

Toni Morrison

It is a serious thing

just to be alive

on this fresh morning

in the broken world.

Mary Oliver

The great thing about getting older is

that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.

Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2007)

I’ve learned that

people will forget what you said,

people will forget what you did,

but people will never forget

how you made them feel

Maya Angelou (1928-2014)