Hope Leans Forward

<p><b>Find spiritual insight for developing courage and meeting life's broken-open pulled-apart times for anyone seeking hope.</b></p><p>Daily we are asked to move toward bravery to stretch in the direction of goodness kindness forgiveness patience and vulnerability. Yet life's tender fragility fear anxiety and our own practiced self-sabotage can derail us from growing and thriving leaving us fractured and afraid.</p><p>Ordained Buddhist teacher and Quaker Valerie Brown invites us into the heart of compassion insight and courage. Filled with Quaker wisdom mindfulness meditation practices and portraits of real people living out simple yet life-affirming bravery <i>Hope Leans Forwar</i>d is a guidebook for all of us who are on journeys of self-transformation self-discovery and spiritual discernment. Centering small everyday acts of bravery with diverse stories from marginalized communities Brown's unique perspective as a Black Buddhist Dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition and her extensive leadership experience shepherd us in navigating life's essential questions to discover true aliveness and meaning. When we focus on cultivating clarity and discernment in our purpose we begin to understand that we are truly connected to--and that we <i>contribute to</i>--a larger whole.</p><p>Written through a period of profound personal loss and in the urgency of the Black Lives Matter movement Brown's spiritual insight and life- and spirit-tested wisdom offers a new source for anyone seeking hope and seeking to alleviate suffering within ourselves and our communities.</p>