Life

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong.
Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
George Washington Carver

The Miracle is....

The miracle is not to fly in the air,
or to walk on the water,
but to walk on the earth.
Chinese Proverb

When I dare....

When I dare to be powerful -- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
Andrea Lorde

The Force

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

Darkness

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
John F. Kennedy

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What we need....

Stained Glass Windows

People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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Understand

Do not weep;
do not wax indignant.
Understand.
Baruch Spinoza

Opportunities

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
Joseph Campbell

Outer Value

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
Joseph Campbell

The Big Question

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
Joseph Campbell

One Thing

Jack Palance: "Do you know what the secret of life is? One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don't mean shit."

Billy Crystal: "Yeah, but what's that one thing?"

Jack Palance: "That's what you've got to figure out."
~From the movie City Slickers

Just Living.....

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Hans Christian Anderson

Hug

written by Shel Silverstien

My Wish for You

Peace

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
Buddha

Picture is "Peace Within the Storm" by Renee Cooke

One Joy...

"One joy shatters a hundred griefs”
Chinese Proverb

Sing...

"Those who wish to sing always find a song."
Swedish proverb

Different Roads

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
Dalai Lama

Be Confident....

Be confident enough that you won't settle for a compromise just to get by.

10 ways to Improve Self Confidence.....a mom's advice

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Reality?

There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.

Live...

Drawing the line

"Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."
G. K. Chesterton

Why I do it...

"I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world."Ani Difranco

Chaos

I accept chaos. I am not sure whether it accepts me.
I know some people are terrified of the bomb.
But then some people are terrified to be seen carrying a modern screen magazine. Experience teaches us that silence terrifies people the most.
Bob Dylan

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Connections....

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.
This is the interrelated structure of reality.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Collective Fear...

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
Bertrand Russell

Joy is not in things.....

"Joy is not in things; it is in us”
Richard Wagner

The World....

"The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm
but because of those who look at it without doing anything”
Albert Einstein

The Best Remedy

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Anne Frank

Look fear in the face...

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Conquer Fear

Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.
Dorothy Thompson

Wish Someone Joy

"When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness...
all the good things.”
Maya Angelou

the picture above is "Jump for Joy" by Angie Hoover

Each Friend..

"Each friend represents a world in us,
a world possibly not born until they arrive,
and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
Anais Nin

The Earth...

"The earth laughs in flowers.”
E. E. Cummings

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Joy is...

"Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm
and our intelligence aglow”
Helen Keller

Playground

"The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.”
Natalie Kocsis

Laugh

"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”
Buddha

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