I hope it’s okay these soul tending quotes and reflections are far from the lighthearted whimsy more often shared here. There’s so much happening in the culture around us. Not sure about you, but most days I feel challenged with my capacity, with my supply of resilience and maturity. I would call my attempts to stay hopeful wobbly at best.
![Encouraging quote about the soul from John O'Donohue on Hello Lovely Studio. #soulquotes #encouragementquote](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/001-JOHN-ODONOHUE-encouragement-quote-soul-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
Soul Tending QUOTES for Your Journey
We need each other. Wonder, beauty, and laughter help a great deal.
![Healing quote and wellness quote from Michele of Hello Lovely Studio. #healingquotes #wellnessquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hello-lovely-quote-by-michele-on-healing-wounds-flow-ocean.jpg)
And we need reminders that our souls are precious, that healing is rarely tidy or convenient.
![Howard Thurman quote from MEDITATIONS OF THE HEART about stillness and contemplation on Hello Lovely Studio. #contemplativequotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/howard-thurman-quote-stillness-contemplation-meditations-of-the-heart-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
Maybe an inspiring quote will feel like a doorway to a fresh perspective.
![Laura McKowen (WE AR THE LUCKIEST) inspirational quote about sobriety, recovery, addiction, personal growth on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/INSPIRATIONAL-loneliness-QUOTE-laura-mckowen-we-are-the-luckiest-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
I hope a contemplative moment awaits where the eyes of our hearts glimpse something new.
![Ralph Waldo Emerson inspirational quote with encouragement for struggle and life's disappointments - Hello Lovely Studio. #emersonquotes #strugglequotes #hopequotes #encouragementquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ralph-waldo-emerson-inspirational-quote-struggle-life-encouragement-hello-lovely.jpg)
![Noor Unnahar poetry quote about sunset, sorrow, and color on Hello Lovely Studio. #sunsetquotes #despairquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/noor-unnahar-poetry-quote-sunset-sorrow-colors-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Anne Lamott aging quote about surrender and problems on Hello Lovely Studio. #agingquotes #annelamottquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ANNE-LAMOTT-aging-quote-hello-lovely-studio-surrender-problems.jpg)
![Rev. angel Kyodo williams quote about liberation on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/rev-angel-kyodo-williams-quote-path-to-liberation-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Andrea Gibson quote (poetry) about heartbreak, love, and music on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ANDREA-GIBSON-heart-quote-heartbreak-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Glennon Doyle quote from Untamed about personal growth on Hello Lovely Studio. #personalgrowthquotes #glennondoyle](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/personal-growth-quote-glennon-doyle-stopped-asking-directions-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Anne Lamott aging quote about powerlessness on Hello Lovely Studio. #surrenderquotes #annelamottquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ANNE-LAMOTT-aging-quote-hello-lovely-studio-OLD-AGE-powerlessness.jpg)
![Encouragement quote, struggle quote, uncertainty quote by Bob Goff on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/encouragement-quote-uncertainty-bob-goff-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Laura McKowen (WE AR THE LUCKIEST) inspirational quote about sobriety, recovery, addiction, personal growth on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/INSPIRATIONAL-recovery-QUOTE-laura-mckowen-we-are-the-luckiest-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Noor Unnahar poetry quote about personal growth on Hello Lovely Studio. #encouragementquote #personalgrowthquote](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/noor-unnahar-poetry-quote-building-a-house-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Anne Lamott aging quote about regret and surrender on Hello Lovely Studio. #annelamottquotes #surrenderquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ANNE-LAMOTT-aging-quote-hello-lovely-studio-regret-surrender.jpg)
![Laura McKowen (WE AR THE LUCKIEST) inspirational quote about sobriety, recovery, addiction, personal growth on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/INSPIRATIONAL-recovery-QUOTE-laura-mckowen-we-are-the-luckiest-hello-lovely-studio-2.jpg)
![Anne Lamott quote about writing and reading from BIRD BY BIRD on Hello Lovely Studio. #annelamottquotes #birdbybird](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ANNE-LAMOTT-writing-quote-hello-lovely-studio-writing-reading.jpg)
![Noor Unnahar poetry quote about beauty on Hello Lovely Studio. #beautyquotes #strugglequotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/noor-unnahar-poetry-quote-beauty-doesnt-start-beautifully-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Laura McKowen (WE AR THE LUCKIEST) inspirational quote about sobriety, recovery, addiction, personal growth on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/encouragement-quote-laura-mckowen-sobriety-recovery-addiction-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Waiting quote from Michele on Hello Lovely Studio. #personalgrowthquotes #motivationalquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/waiting-quote-michele-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Anne Lamott aging quote and superpower on Hello Lovely Studio. #agingquotes #annelamottquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ANNE-LAMOTT-aging-quote-hello-lovely-studio-superpower.jpg)
I find that inspirational words of wisdom and encouragement can soothe in that they supply language to navigate new chapters. Doesn’t our emotional vocabulary seem limited when we feel the weight of mystery that is truly beyond words? For me, such mystery is magnified in winter. I long for springtime. For its freshness, its longer days, and its greening. But I also need the stillness winter offers. I need lessons of endurance before all of the budding and blooming ahead. The truth is, if left to my own devices, everything would stay tidy and well-preserved. This is not the divine way. So just now, with a few weeks before all will thaw, I offer my heart to be taught a bit more before it is renewed. I surrender my fears of: scarcity, pain, and the unforever-ness of everything.
![Poignant quote about life, grief, and the spiritual journey by John Piper on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/john-piper-quote-hello-lovely-studio-life-poignant.jpg)
I love you. More quotes to pin RIGHT HERE. Thank you for reading with tenderness. For honoring this imperfect space where our hearts meet.
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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Beautiful! Thank you 🙏 I needed this today.
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I’m so happy to hear. 🙂
Thank you.
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You’re so welcome. 🙂
Thank you!!!
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Thanks for reading 🙂
The quote you attributed to Elizabeth Gilbert (The one thing you have…) I believe was actually written by Neil Gaiman.
Thanks for sharing so much from your heart.
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i’m on it! thank you for your kind editorial skills! 🙂