Love is not a doctrine, Peace is not an international agreement. Love and peace are beings who live as possibilities in us. -M.C. Richards

In an interview for “The Sun” in 1989, artist, poet, and author M.C. Richards insists, “To be truly creative, we must embrace life in all its glorious and painful contradictions. This means being clear-eyed and unsentimental about ourselves. “The transformations that await us cost everything in the way of courage and sacrifice,” she writes. “Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.”

While Richards is talking about creativity, these words can be applied to every aspect of our journey. She goes on to say, “as we move toward a deepened awareness of reality, outwardly, we move toward social justice; inwardly we move toward compassion.”

This rock found in the forest, may or may not have been be part of The Kindess Rocks Project. No matter, whoever put it there was helping to spread this message widely, thank you.