“Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see.”
— Zora Neale Hurston
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“Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see.” — Zora Neale Hurston. ✨ In the middle of a busy week, how are you making space to reconnect with your soul? Let us know your favorite way to find peace in the comments below. 👇🌿
About this quote
In the relentless rush of modern existence, we often find ourselves chasing the horizon, running toward a future that always seems just out of reach. We treat life as a series of tasks to be completed rather than an experience to be felt. Zora Neale Hurston’s profound words remind us that true peace is not found in the pursuit, but in the gathering. It is the sacred act of pausing to collect the fragments of our journey—the joys, the sorrows, and the quiet lessons—and pulling them close to our hearts. To 'pull in your horizon' is an invitation to practice mindful living and soulful reflection. It is a call to stop running and start witnessing. When we allow ourselves to drape the richness of our experiences over our shoulders, we stop being victims of circumstance and start becoming the curators of our own lives. This is where healing begins: in the stillness, where we finally invite our souls to sit with us and witness the magnitude of all we have overcome and all we have become. Let this be your permission to slow down. Life is not just happening to you; it is a vast net of experiences waiting to be gathered. Find your moment of stillness today, call your soul home, and marvel at the beautiful, messy, magnificent tapestry of your existence.
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