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“Even though COVID-19 has taken so much out of your control, you still have the power to move toward things that inspire you.”
“You start to feel like what you’re experiencing day to day is normal. And for some people, the idea of shifting into a circumstance where they could better take care of their mental health is scarier because it’s unknown.”
“For me, grief and joy are so intertwined.”
“Now I just spend a whole lot less time striving for things and a whole lot more time clearing the vessel moving toward a line relentlessly and unapologetically and just letting things flow through me.”
“When we experience deep grief, we have to choose to stay open hearted. There is a direct connection between my grief and my capacity for joy.”
“We are all in the grapple-zone when it comes to having difficult conversations about things we really care about.”
“Be checking in with a posture of curiosity… set up a safety net so that every single person is being checked in with.”
“A generosity of narrative is missing for so many people in our community.”
“Every table we're at, look at who's there, think about who's not there. Think about all the things that have come to pass in our history here in Dallas that have made it really easy for some of us to get to those tables and completely impossible for other people.”
“Can I live in a way that actively clears my vessel every day so that whatever needs to flow through me can, that feels doable.”
“There are days when I think that the nonprofit world and the philanthropic world have accidentally created an exit ramp from collective responsibility.”
“Looking for ways to link arms with communities who have tons of wisdom rather than imparting and bestowing, to me, feels like the future of impact and philanthropy.”
“One thing that I've been working on a lot over this last year is this concept of clearing the vessel and letting something flow through me instead of relying on what I know or my grit and capacity to achieve.”
“I’m worried that the clock is running out on Dallas in terms of trying to build a great future on sand.”
“Our current model is established to keep us in business,” Kinder told me in an exit interview of sorts this week. “To allow us to do just enough good to feel better ... instead of just chipping away at the structural inequities from the lens of the wisdom of people impacted by it.”
“How do you encourage children to thrive when their lives are filled with stress and trauma?”
“Socially emotionally intelligent leaders enter every conversation, scenario, relationship with genuine curiosity, trying to see situations with fresh eyes.”
“It’s not enough to just teach the kids these skills, we also need teachers and daycare workers and parents to have a brain lens and a trauma lens on what they’re looking at in terms of behavior.”
“We’re big believers that you don’t solve problems - especially those that seem intractable - in one discipline.”