Category Archives: A Rite of Passage

“Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.”

- Maya Angelou
Posted on May 31, 2016 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes, because for those who love with their heart and soul, there is no separation.”

- Rumi
Posted on May 24, 2016 by Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“The process of growth is, it seems, the art of falling down. Growth is measured by the gentleness and awareness with which we once again pick ourselves up, the lightness with which we dust ourselves off, the openness with which we continue and take the next unknown step, beyond our edge, beyond our holding, into the remarkable mystery of being.”

- Stephen Levine
Posted on May 17, 2016 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds
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“The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seemed filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster”

- Elizabeth Bishop
Posted on May 10, 2016 by Ellary Allis (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“When you buy something, you’re not paying money for it. You’re paying with the hours of your life you had to spend earning that money. The difference is that life is one thing money can’t buy. Life only gets shorter, and it is pitiful to waste one’s life and freedom that way.”

- José Mujica, Former President of Uruguay and 'World's Poorest President'
Posted on May 3, 2016 by Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“If love would die along with death this life wouldn’t be so hard.”

- Andrew Vachss
Posted on April 26, 2016 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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