Hope Leans Forward

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. 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, 'Hope Leans Forward' is a guidebook for all of us who are on journeys of self-transformation, self-discovery, and spiritual discernment.