Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Tierney]

“Love the earth and sun and animals,
Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,
Stand up for the stupid and crazy,
Devote your income and labor to others...
And your very flesh shall be a great poem.”

― Walt Whitman

[ahk]

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.--Yogi Berra

[BestButchBoy]

"We grow up believing that finding the right relationship is the goal, but a relationship is never an end in itself. Relationships are conduits - mirrors that allow us to see our SELF. Relationships are the journey, the path to learning how to love and honor your Self."

[Bèsame*]

Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.

[ahk]

There are never enough I Love You's.--Lenny Bruce

[Humanesque]

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

Gore Vidal

[Chicklette]

Twas but a moment, and then I realized...
Listening to my own breath was no longer enough....
I yearned for more...

[Talon]

I was so over all the passive aggressive bullshit...tell me what it is you actually, think. Show your spine...don't be so pathetic.

[BestButchBoy]

"If you're waiting for the other person to change, you are setting up a no-win situation. We change because WE want to change, not because someone wants us to."

[ahk]

Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.--Marc Chagall

[Chicklette]

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. - Samuel Butler :cigar2:

[MysticOceansFL]

Everyone makes mistakes,
But only a person with integrity
Owns up to them.
- Nicole Guillaume

[BestButchBoy]

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[Bèsame*]

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[Bèsame*]

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[BestButchBoy]

"Some won't appreciate
you
no matter what
you
do for them.

Release yourself.

Go where you're
appreciated
and
understood."

-ROBERT TEW

[Tierney]

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

[Tierney]

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Tierney]

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” ― Meister Eckhart

[LilyCat]

"Friends are like boobs.
Some are big.
Some are small.
Some are real.
Some are fake."

[BestButchBoy]

" The only thing that goes on in your life is what you allow to go on in your life. "

[Tierney]

“A little reckless bravery may end up saving your life.” ― Henry Chancellor

[Tierney]

“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.” ― Jack London

[Tierney]

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.” ― Henry Miller

[Daisy Chain]

Forget it enough to get over it, remember it enough so it does not happen again.

[Orema]

"You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness."

—Brené Brown

[BestButchBoy]

Respect for self.
Respect for others.
Responsibility for all of your actions.

DALAI LAMA

[Talon]

I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia.
Let them walk to school like I did.



↪️ Yogi Berra

[Tierney]

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” ― Robert Jordan

[Tierney]

“‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.” ― Henry Ward Beecher

[Tierney]

“There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who do not. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living.” ― José N. Harris

[MysticOceansFL]

Riddle me this
Riddle me that
It's about time
For Summer time fun!

[Tierney]

“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand” ― Hayley Williams

[Tierney]

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

[Tierney]

“If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.” ― Junot Díaz

[BestButchBoy]

"Do Not
Tolerate
Disrespect,
Especially
From
Yourself."

[ahk]

We must be our own before we can be another's.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Chicklette]

Deception of self, a conceited notion
The chaotic glamor we hide behind, foolish makeup
The blame of cause and effect placed to all, but oneself
The bridge of knowledge, walk across
Reaching the destination of a natural face, torn and cut
Scared and disfigured, alas the real humbleness within
Golden smile, radiating truth, not ones own
Beauty of reality, forethought of realization
Bridge, walk it
Breath, release, feel
Imperfect, but beautiful
Acknowledge
The gift of...

True self

[Tierney]

“Life is so full of unpredictable beauty and strange surprises. Sometimes that beauty is too much for me to handle. Do you know that feeling? When something is just too beautiful? When someone says something or writes something or plays something that moves you to the point of tears, maybe even changes you.” ― Mark Oliver Everett

[Tierney]

“To the issues of friendship, love, business and war, "surprise" is the optimistic solution.” ― Amit Kalantri

[Tierney]

"The Butterfly in honored Dust
Assuredly will lie
But none will pass the Catacomb
So chastened as the Fly - "

- Emily Dickinson

[gotoseagrl]

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. D. H. Lawrence

[Tierney]

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

[Tierney]

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” ― Marie Curie

[Tierney]

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

[Tierney]

“What i’m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead of insisting on going that specific way, of making our selfishness the guide, we ought to forsake. The books we cannot write, the films we cannot shoot, the projects we cannot develop, the jobs we cannot pursue and the people who no longer love us. Being able to let go, at times, is the most beautiful of all!” ― Elif Shafak

[Tierney]

“Mistake is an event not a person” ― Aniekee Tochukwu

[Tierney]

“Letting go is never a sign of failure, letting go is knowing what battle to fight and what battle to "let it be".. Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care anymore, it is just directing your false hope to something more worthy of your emotions, energy and time.. Letting go is simply taking charge and control over yourself rather than fighting windmills like a modern day Don Quixote...”


― Zena Abou Alnaser

[Tierney]

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.” ― Khaled Hosseini

[Tierney]

“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” ― Albert Einstein

[Tierney]

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” ― Virginia Woolf

[Tierney]

“Be careful who you tell your secrets to because when situations change... sometimes, so do people.” ― Gwen Ro

[Tierney]

“No old road leads to new destinations! Change begins when one realizes that it is unwise to pour a new wine into an old wine skin. If you change your mind, you have to change your actions too!” ― Israelmore Ayivor

[Tierney]

“I feel I change my mind all the time. And I sort of feel that's your responsibility as a person, as a human being – to constantly be updating your positions on as many things as possible. And if you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.” ― Malcolm Gladwell

[cinnamongrrl]

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[afrcnqueen]

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[ahk]

Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.--Corita Kent

[Orema]

In the absence of love and belonging is shame. --Brene Brown

[deathbypoem]

Badlands
--------------
he drove a caravan of hearts
"this is the last stop", he said.

but it chases me to sleep
and still wraps its arms
around the highway north

turn the caution light down flat
and take me to places
where I
float in your river of
willow trees
where your branches are still
timbered doors
that I can't break down

I am no lumberjack
but, I know there is a
city wet with light
kerosene dripping heartbeats
two steps from the sun

but, I live for this
addiction and the
rush of street lights
pounding above my head, you
do that to me
that spiraling light
past the city limits
but we're still so far away
a mountain of
phosphorescent years --

©copyright2015 o.jardine

[ahk]

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.--Jean-Jacques Rousseau

[MysticOceansFL]

Roses are red
Nuts are brown
Skirts go up, pants go down
Body to body, skin to skin
It goes in dry and comes out wet and
The longer it's in the stronger it gets.
It comes out dripping and it starts to sag
It's not what your thinking
It's a LIPTON tea bag!!!!!

[betruetoyoursoul]

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[betruetoyoursoul]

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[betruetoyoursoul]

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[Tierney]

“Seven Deadly Sins

Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Science without humanity
Knowledge without character
Politics without principle
Commerce without morality
Worship without sacrifice.”

― Mahatma Gandhi

[Tierney]

“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.” ― C. JoyBell C.

[Tierney]

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

[ahk]

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.--Soren Kierkegaard

[Tierney]

“There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others.” ― Mandy Hale

[Tierney]

“The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one's own accord - it feels great - but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop.” ― Criss Jami

[Tierney]

“Our job on earth isn't to criticize, reject, or judge. Our purpose is to offer a helping hand, compassion, and mercy. We are to do unto others as we hope they would do unto us.” ― Dana Arcuri

[betruetoyoursoul]

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[Degotoga]

“Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.”

- Barbara Rose

[Tierney]

“It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why. When somebody simply tells you bad news, you hear it once, and that’s the end of it. But when bad news is written down, whether in a letter or a newspaper or on your arm in felt tip pen, each time you read it, you feel as if you are receiving the bad news again and again.” - Anonymous

[Tierney]

“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.” ― Sarah Dessen

[Tierney]

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.” ― Eric Roth

[betruetoyoursoul]

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[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Talon]

Teach me how to feel. :rose:


~ from the film 'Tear This Heart Out'

[ahk]

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.--George C. Marshall

[Tierney]

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe

[Tierney]

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” ― Maya Angelou

[Tierney]

“Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Bèsame*]

Our reaction to a situation literally has the power to change the situation itself.

[BestButchBoy]

No.

It's a complete sentence.

[Kobi]

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[Daniela]

When I was 21, I had just gone through a terrible breakup and was inconsolable. I remember going on vacation with a friend of mine to visit other friends in Philadelphia. I think I ruined the trip for my friend, because I was so depressed, for which I still feel terrible.

We were wandering in and out of shops in the city and we walked into a bar (lol, this isn't really a drawn-out joke, I promise). It felt like one of those moments that you'll remember all of your life. The bartender (an older man) turned to us and said, "Ladies, let me give you a piece of advice that you'll carry through life with you." For some strange reason, this really lifted my spirits. I thought this would be the life advice I needed.

He said, "Wherever you go...there you are," and then he laughed. I remember being SO disappointed in what he said. I don't know what I thought he was going to say, but that wasn't it. Whenever I hear that phrase now, it reminds me of how young and dumb I was.

[Tierney]

“What good has impatience ever brought? It has only served as the mother of mistakes and the father of irritation.” ― Steve Maraboli

[Tierney]

“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.” ― Lemony Snicket

[Tierney]

“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.” ― C. JoyBell C.

[Tierney]

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." - e.e. cummings

[Tierney]

"And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." - Shakespeare

[Tierney]

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine." - Anthony J. D'Angelo

[BestButchBoy]

"If you're not yourself, then who are you?"

From the mouths of babes…
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[Bèsame*]

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Enjoy Your Day!

[ahk]

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.--William Ralph Inge

[Orema]

I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying. —Michael Jordan

[Orema]

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[Tierney]

"Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it had not before possessed." - Joseph Addison

[Tierney]

"Trust that little voice in your head that says, 'Wouldn't it be interesting if....'; And then do it." - Duane Michaels

[Tierney]

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge Luis Borges

[BestButchBoy]

COLLECT MOMENTS
NOT THINGS

[ahk]

Patience is the companion of wisdom.--Saint Augustine

[BestButchBoy]

I've got a thing for genuine people.

[Tierney]

“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” ― Charlotte Brontë

[Tierney]

“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[Tierney]

“We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.” ― Maya Angelou

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[Orema]

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. —James Baldwin

[Orema]

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[betruetoyoursoul]

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[betruetoyoursoul]

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[Tierney]

“If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.” ― Masaru Emoto

[Tierney]

“Flexibility makes buildings to be stronger, imagine what it can do to your soul.” ― Carlos Barrios

[Tierney]

“Some of the most beautiful things we have in life comes from our mistakes.”
― Surgeo Bell

[Talon]

Think of a rose from the time it is a tiny bud. As it opens to full flower,
till the last petal falls, it is always perfect, always beautiful, and ever changing.
So it is with us. We are always perfect....always beautiful...and ever changing.


~Louise Hay

[ahk]

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.--Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

[ahk]

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.--Pat Riley

[Tierney]

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

[Tierney]

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” ― Socrates

[Tierney]

“The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings” ― Plato

[Daisy Chain]

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” ― Socrates

This has often been me !

[Daisy Chain]

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.”

Rumi

DC

[BullDog]

"A billionaire vanity candidate taking the escalator to the White House. Hey, only losers walk. Presidents take Stairforce 1. What an entrance, an escalator down. I haven’t seen an entrance that majestic since my friend met me at The Gap after grabbing an Orange Julius."

Jon Stewart on Donald Trump entering the Presidential Race

[cinnamongrrl]

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[Tierney]

“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” ― Rumi

[Tierney]

“When someone tells me "no," it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.” ― Karen E. Quinones Miller

[Tierney]

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ― Sylvia Plath

[Kobi]

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[BestButchBoy]

"Did they mention the music?"

[ahk]

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.--Ray Kroc

[Talon]

Darling girl....some love shallow, yet, some love deep.

[Orema]

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian. —James Baldwin

[Orema]

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[Tierney]

“There are no coincidences in life. What person that wandered in and out of your life was there for some purpose, even if they caused you harm. Sometimes, it doesn’t make sense the short periods of time we get with people, or the outcomes from their choices. However, if you turn it over to God he promises that you will see the big picture in the hereafter. Nothing is too small to be a mistake.” ― Shannon L. Alder

[Tierney]

“Warriors should suffer their pain silently.” ― Erin Hunter

[Tierney]

“So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.”

― Haruki Murakami

[Genesis]

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[Tierney]

“It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do.” - Anne Lamott

[Tierney]

“If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options.

You can climb it and cross to the other side.

You can go around it.

You can dig under it.

You can fly over it.

You can blow it up.

You can ignore it and pretend it’s not there.

You can turn around and go back the way you came.

Or you can stay on the mountain and make it your home.”

― Vera Nazarian

[Tierney]

“If you can change the way you think in time you will notice a change in your heart and also a change in your life and the way you see things.” ― The Prolific Penman

[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[deathbypoem]

the day rose to remind me
in the atrium of morning
that even in the most delicate of places
there's still a little bit of hell left
on my sun soothed fingers
and by the time night falls
the universe will continue to spiral and
I'll keep pouring myself
into the glass you will
never drink from.

-o.jardine

(quote from the second book in my series)

[BestButchBoy]

Go the extra mile, it's never crowded.

[Tierney]

“in a world
full of
temporary things

you are
a perpetual
feeling.”

― Sanober Khan

[Tierney]

“But even in his dissatisfaction he could not quiet the feeling that time was like a flash flood, so full, so brimming with things that must be done at once, but running out all the same, leaving an emptiness, a dry ditch in its wake.” ― Bess Tefft

[Tierney]

“You can change your life or not change it.
It really doesn’t matter in the end.
Life as humans live it is too fleeting,
too incidental, too miniscule
for the universe to keep forever.
So just do good to others; be good, all
because it makes you happy,
happy beyond fame, power, and
eternity.”

― Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

[Kobi]

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[jenny]

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[kittygrrl]

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[Tierney]

“So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

[Tierney]

“My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.” ― Steve Goodier

[Tierney]

“But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together.” ― Bram Stoker

[ahk]

Peace begins with a smile.--Mother Teresa

[Tierney]

“The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.” ― Leo Babauta

[Tierney]

“There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.” ― Dennis Lehane

[Tierney]

“I do not particularly like the word 'work.' Human beings are the only animals who have to work, and I think that is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Other animals make their livings by living, but people work like crazy, thinking that they have to in order to stay alive. The bigger the job, the greater the challenge, the more wonderful they think it is. It would be good to give up that way of thinking and live an easy, comfortable life with plenty of free time. I think that the way animals live in the tropics, stepping outside in the morning and evening to see if there is something to eat, and taking a long nap in the afternoon, must be a wonderful life. For human beings, a life of such simplicity would be possible if one worked to produce directly his daily necessities. In such a life, work is not work as people generally think of it, but simply doing what needs to be done.” ― Masanobu Fukuoka

[BestButchBoy]

“Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?”

[MegBluEyz]

“Watch carefully, the magic that occurs, when you give a person,
just enough comfort, to be themselves.”
-atticus

[Soon]

“Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.” ~ Cheri Huber

[Tierney]

“The music of hope is everywhere, but to hear it, you need to ignore the muddy jangle of life's hassles.” - Christine Knight

[BestButchBoy]

"Mosquitoes are assholes."

[ahk]

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.--Wallace Stevens

[Daisy Chain]

Your flaws are perfect for the heart that is meant to love you

DC

[Talon]

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity,
when I give, I give myself.


~Walt Whitman

[ahk]

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.--Phillips Brooks

[Tierney]

“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ― Samuel Beckett

[Tierney]

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” ― Seneca

[Tierney]

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” ― Martin Luther

[Tierney]

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Gandhi

[Tierney]

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin

[Tierney]

“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” ― Robert Frost

[Ascot]

"This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it." Dorothy Parker

[cinnamongrrl]

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Poetry set to music... <3

As an aside...my mother walked down the aisle to this song when she married my dad.... <3 <3

[Tierney]

“Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.” ― Steve Maraboli

[Tierney]

“My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing beauty of life once more. It's happened before, it will happen again, I'm sure. When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive--I'll find love again.” ― Paulo Coelho

[Tierney]

“Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you're looking for.” ― Susane Colasanti

[Kobi]

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[Daisy Chain]

"Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you."

Augustine Of Hippo

[BestButchBoy]

"Any alleged “right” of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another isn’t and can’t be a right."
▼
Ayn Rand

[Tierney]

"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 from within." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

[Tierney]

"Assumptions are the termites of relationships." - Henry Winkler

[Tierney]

"You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when it's right it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and it's good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete." - Francesca Annis

[Tierney]

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

[Tierney]

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." - Douglas Adams

[Tierney]

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." - John W. Gardner

[Talon]

....in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of it's lost heart. ❤️




~ L. Hogan

[BestButchBoy]

"How can I treat myself better today than I did yesterday?"

[ahk]

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.--Marya Mannes

[Tierney]

“When someone tells me "no," it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.” ― Karen E. Quinones Miller

[Tierney]

“Dignity
/ˈdignitē/ noun

1. The moment you realize that the person you cared for has nothing intellectually or spiritually to offer you, but a headache.

2. The moment you realize God had greater plans for you that don’t involve crying at night or sad Pinterest quotes.

3. The moment you stop comparing yourself to others because it undermines your worth, education and your parent’s wisdom.

4. The moment you live your dreams, not because of what it will prove or get you, but because that is all you want to do. People’s opinions don’t matter.

5. The moment you realize that no one is your enemy, except yourself.

6. The moment you realize that you can have everything you want in life. However, it takes timing, the right heart, the right actions, the right passion and a willingness to risk it all. If it is not yours, it is because you really didn’t want it, need it or God prevented it.

7. The moment you realize the ghost of your ancestors stood between you and the person you loved. They really don't want you mucking up the family line with someone that acts anything less than honorable.

8. The moment you realize that happiness was never about getting a person. They are only a helpmate towards achieving your life mission.

9. The moment you believe that love is not about losing or winning. It is just a few moments in time, followed by an eternity of situations to grow from.

10. The moment you realize that you were always the right person. Only ignorant people walk away from greatness.”


- Shannon L. Adler

[Tierney]

“Never dull your shine for somebody else.” ― Tyra Banks

[BestButchBoy]

"Live less out of habit and more out of intent."

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[Genesis]

"Live with kindness, integrity and spirituality. Comport yourself with grace under pressure. Be an asset in the lives of others. Put people before things and live from your heart. Be intelligent, but know it is better to be kind than smart. Be a peacemaker who values peace and takes peace everywhere you go. Learn to understand your energy and how you create with your energy. Have among your priorities the characteristics of politeness, compassion and patience. Avoid making rash assumptions. Be a believer in true love. Seek deep communication with others and with yourself. Laugh and make the best of every situation. Understand that life is not perfect. Be whole enough to love and to be loved. When you find real love — protect and preserve the sweetness and intimacy of your gift. Make your home a heaven on Earth."
-Bryant McGill

[Genesis]

"You are so trusting and it’s miraculous,”
My friend says
and I shrug.
“I guess.”
Though I don’t find it a miracle.
Miracles look like tiny bodies beating Leukemia
or mothers lifting up massive cars to protect their babies after an accident,
Like my father’s belly laugh
and my lioness matriarch continuing to provide
when his laughter is forever sealed in a wooden box.
Nothing about me looks like miracle.
I’m a boiling pot of salted wounds,
broken shards of the person I once was.
Before.
Now I leave out buckets for tears and tennis shoes at the door
because I’ll run when my eyelids get too leaky.
My fingers have calluses on them from playing guitar
but I like the way it feels.
It is the only part of me that hardens.
I will always be the one with a bloodied heart
and I prefer it that way.
I unzip any layer of protection surrounding wounds
without a single strip of gauze in sight.
I wear a purple heart.
Which makes sense.
It is my favorite color.
I tell her
I’d rather stitch myself back together
than never know how it feels to come apart for someone wonderful.

And it’s true
I came apart for someone wonderful.
I’m still finding remnants of you scattered throughout my room,
A miracle of a man
who I trust again and again
even when I know it’s a rarity
that miracles do come true. "

-Eastman

[Tierney]

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ― Lao Tzu

[Tierney]

“A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.” ― Judith McNaught

[Tierney]

“A rumor is a social cancer: it is difficult to contain and it rots the brains of the masses. However, the real danger is that so many people find rumors enjoyable. That part causes the infection. And in such cases when a rumor is only partially made of truth, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly where the information may have gone wrong. It is passed on and on until some brave soul questions its validity; that brave soul refuses to bite the apple and let the apple eat him. Forced to start from scratch for the sake of purity and truth, that brave soul, figuratively speaking, fully amputates the information in order to protect his personal judgment. In other words, his ignorance is to be valued more than the lie believed to be true.” ― Criss Jami

[BestButchBoy]

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."

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[ahk]

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.--Elizabeth Bibesco

[Talon]

The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance,
And good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.



In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.



~Albert Camus

[Fancy]

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams

[BestButchBoy]

"Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love."
▼
Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving


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[Tierney]

"You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well." - Lewis B. Smedes

[Tierney]

"Personally I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica." - Stephen Leacock

[Tierney]

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." - Albert Einstein

[Genesis]

You have no idea how hard I've looked
for a gift to bring You.
Nothing seemed right.
What's the point of bringing gold to
the gold mine, or water to the ocean.
Everything I came up with was like
taking spices to the Orient.
It's no good giving my heart and my
soul because You already have these.
So I've brought You a mirror.
Look at Yourself and remember me.

- Rumi

:rose:

[Genesis]

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[Tierney]

“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.” ― Maya Angelou

[Tierney]

“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away... and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast.... be happy about your growth, in which of course you can't take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don't torment them with your doubts and don't frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn't be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn't necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness that you trust.... and don't expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke

[Tierney]

“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” ― Libba Bray

[BestButchBoy]

“The best way to predict your future is to create it”
― Abraham Lincoln

Now, that's #freedom.

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[kittygrrl]

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[Genesis]

This is for the days when our hearts hurt like hell, pulsating with a fierce, fiery pain.

This is for the days when we bite back tears, trying too hard to swallow them whole.

This is for the days when our souls feel heavy, so we slump our tired shoulders down, down, down.

This is for the days when getting out of bed feels like a bad-ass, award-winning achievement.

This is for the days when we tremble with anger, our temper on super-short hairline-triggers.

This is for the days when we feel empty, useless and invisible, like a hungry ghost.

Yes.

This is for those really tough days.

The days that rip us wide open, leaving us naked and exhausted, shivering in the dark.

The days where we just want to give up.

The days where we want to run far, far, away.

But, we can’t.

We can’t run. Or hide. Or give up.

Because if we did, the only person we would be running from is ourselves.

We would be giving up on ourselves.

Hiding from ourselves.

So, yes, we can try to bail and haphazardly fling ourselves under a fast-moving bus when the going gets tough.

But the thing is—we actually need ourselves the most on those f*cking tough, trying and terrible days.

Let’s stay.

Let’s stick it out.

We don’t need to understand what we’re feeling.

We don’t need to analyze it.

We just need to stay and support the sh*t out of ourselves.

How?

What can we do?

We can be bold and dive right into the toughness of the day, feeling the icy water drip into our hearts, freezing to form incredibly beautiful icicles.

We can run directly towards ourselves, sprinting with wide open arms, a supportive smile and a glass of succulent red wine.

We can buy our battered souls a big bouquet of blossoming flowers.

We can clear a space and cry a thousand crystalline drops till the skies clear and our salty tear-rain has passed.

We can run our soul a frothy bubble bath, slip into mile-high lavender bubbles and take a breath.

We can retreat from the world, burrow under our covers, sigh, moan and just hurt.

We can ask ourselves, “What can I do for you right now?”

We can be really ballsy, wear our heart on our sleeve and ask a trusted friend for an extra-large serving of support.

We can curl up in child’s pose and cry into our yoga mats.

We can write, paint, dance and sing our hurt, our passionate pain, our wicked grief, and express it no-holds-barred, creating magical art from our madness.

We can cue up an angsty, melancholy playlist and sob or scream or tremble till our hearts slip into a soothed state.

We can reach out, take our own hand and squeeze it hard.

Yes.

There are a thousand beautiful things we can do to support ourselves.
So let’s vow now to never, ever abandon our sweet selves again.

Ever.

Because, yes, some days are incredibly tough.

But they can be really juicy, too.

They can be transformative.

They can be beautiful.

They can be filled with inspiration.

They can be chock-full of creativity.

They can be exactly what we need.

So, let’s be bold and stick around.

Let’s be badass and meet those tough days head on.

[ahk]

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.--Marcus Aurelius

[Tierney]

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Marcus Tullius Cicero

[Tierney]

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Tierney]

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson

[BestButchBoy]

"When you love yourself, you bring joy and passion into a challenging world that desperately needs these qualities."

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[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[BestButchBoy]

L.A. is a great big freeway.
Put a hundred down and buy a car.
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star
Weeks turn into years. How quck they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas...

[Tierney]

"Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life." - William Faulkner

[Tierney]

"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives." - C.S. Lewis

[Tierney]

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." - Ingrid Bergman

[ahk]

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.--e. e. cummings

[BestButchBoy]

"There comes a point in life when you get tired
of feeling, doing and looking bad.
Take responsibility for what ails you.
Find out what you are doing
that is not good for you
and stop."

[Tierney]

"Can miles truly separate you from friends...If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?" - Richard Bach

[Tierney]

"Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could." - Barbara de Angelis

[Tierney]

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity." - Henry Van Dyke

[BestButchBoy]

"Find your one thing and do that one thing better than anyone else."

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[Tierney]

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.” ― Audrey Hepburn

[Tierney]

“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.” ― Charles Bukowski

[Tierney]

“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” ― Rose Kennedy

[LOQUI]

“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it's true I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you.”
-Frida Kahlo-

[LOQUI]

"If you stumble, make it part of the dance."
- Author Unknown -
:danceparty:

[BestButchBoy]

"Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous or friendly

lead the way…"

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[Tierney]

"Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap." - Barbara Jordan

[Tierney]

"If a man walks in the woods for the love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded a loafer. But if he spends his days as a specular, shearing off those woods and making the Earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen." - Henry David Thoreau

[Tierney]

"A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular." Adlai E. Stevenson

[Chicklette]

Child: Nana
Adult: Yes?
Child: Nana (long winded pause between the na and na)
Adult: (eyeing the kid that's repeatedly saying her name) Yes?
Child: I dunno (kid shrugs)
Adult: You know what, at this rate neither do I. (adult shrugs)
Child: That's ok nana I dunno know either.