Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Tierney]

“What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.” ― Rumi

[Tierney]

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” ― Og Mandino

[Tierney]

“Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.” ― C. JoyBell C.

[CherryWine]

Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.

- Rose Franken

[Ascot]

I promise that I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling and laughing.
Jack Kerouac

[Orema]

“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”

—Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, Prince of Bismarck

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[Tierney]

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Tierney]

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Tierney]

"I would rather regret the things I have done than regret the things I haven't done." - Lucille Ball

[Genesis]

"That is why it is so important to let certain things go.
To release them.
To cut loose.
People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards;
sometimes we win and sometimes we lose.
Don't expect to get anything back,
don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood.
Complete the circle.
Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life.
Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust.
Stop being who you were and become who you are."
— Paulo Coelho (The Zahir)

[Genesis]

"For those who are not frightened by the solitude, everything will have a different taste.

In solitude, they will discover the love that might otherwise arrive unnoticed.

In solitude, they will understand and respect the love that left them.

In solitude, they will be able to decide whether it is worth asking that lost love to come back or if they should simply let it go and set off along a new path.

In solitude, they will learn that saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue.

And those who are alone at this moment, need never be frightened by the words of the devil: ‘You’re wasting your time.’

Or by the chief demon’s even more potent words: ‘No one cares about you.’

The Divine Energy is listening to us when we speak to other people, but also when we are still and silent and able to accept solitude as a blessing.

And when we achieve that harmony, we receive more than we asked for."

— Paulo Coelho (Manuscript Found in Accra)

[Tierney]

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” ― Washington Irving

[Tierney]

"Sometimes you meet a person and you just click--you're comfortable with them, like you've known them your whole life and you don't have to pretend to be anyone or anything.” ― Alexandra Ardonetto

[Tierney]

“May you find the right path to your destination.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

[Ascot]

“The favorite sport then was squatting on a table and fucking as hard as you could when the beer and ’ludes hit, and then you would fall to the floor and roll around and come that way. That was the orgasm of choice in the ’70s for me.”
- Kim Fowley, founder of the Runaways

[CherryWine]

I have something to prove, as long as I know there's something that needs improvement, and you know that everytime I move, I make a woman's movement.

- Ani Difranco

[Talon]

Why do you look at the speck of dust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother,
'Let me take the speck out of your eye, ' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.


~Matthew 7:3-5

[Tierney]

“Maybe, it is just enough to believe with a positive heart that people didn’t let you down. It could be just this: They couldn’t give you the compassion you really wanted based on where their heart is right now. Maybe, not now, but years later they will catch the memory of you in a quiet moment. There on that Sunday morning, a light will shine through the fog of lies, misunderstanding and frustration they built inside their angry mind about your true character. And, when it does, the shadows will be casted out to reveal a scared and hurt little boy or girl that just wanted to be loved, but went about it all wrong. Maybe, on that day, the whisper of their gratitude for your love will find its way back to your heart. And when that day comes, you will find yourself smiling all day long and not know why.” ― Shannon L. Alder

[Tierney]

“Peace is not a result inside us from everything around us. Peace is not submissive nor passive. On the contrary, peace is an overwhelming force which comes from within us, disrespectful of everything around us, a firm coalition of spirit and soul standing against all the unrest that abounds.” ― C. JoyBell C.

[Tierney]

“Courage uncovers strength, grace reveals beauty, vulnerability expresses humility, inner peace reflects contentment” ― Millen Livis

[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Jesse]

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Mark Twain

[Jesse]

“When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.”
—Jodi Picoult

[Tierney]

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you." - Carl Sandburg

[Tierney]

"Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life." - Michael LeBoeuf

[Tierney]

"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." - Miriam Beard

[ahk]

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.--Bil Keane

[BestButchBoy]

"Go and do the things you can’t. That is how you get to do them."
▼
Pablo Picasso

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[Orema]

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[Tierney]

"I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything." - Steven Wright

[Tierney]

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." - William James

[Tierney]

"Expect problems and eat them for breakfast." - Alfred A. Montapert

[BestButchBoy]

"We are not indebted to anyone in this life. We are accountable to some, responsible for others. We are never, however, obligated to take the weight of another's life on our shoulders. When we do, we become toxically poisoned by the dreaded affliction of O.P.P.: other people's problems."

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[Tierney]

"A Life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a Life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw

[Tierney]

"Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't." - Richard Bach

[Tierney]

"It is not length of Life, but depth of Life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[BestButchBoy]

"YOU WERE BORN TO BE REAL, NOT TO BE PERFECT."

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[Kobi]

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[Talon]

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end,
may also only be the beginning.


~Ivy B. Priest

[Tierney]

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open." - John Barrymore

[Tierney]

"From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you can not subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow to your own." - Carl Schurz

[Tierney]

"The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl." - Shirley Chisholm

[BestButchBoy]

"If you don't believe that you're worthy of fulfilling your intentions for health, wealth or loving relationships, then you're creating an obstacle that will inhibit the flow of creative energy into your daily life."

[Daisy Chain]

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

[Tierney]

"The only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." - Alan Watts

[Tierney]

"People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are really just afraid of rejection." - Albert Ellis

[Tierney]

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." - Mark Twain

[BestButchBoy]

"Happiness
is an inside job.
Don't assign
anyone else
that much
power
in your own
life."

[~SweetCheeks~]

" A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Lao-Tzu

[Tierney]

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." - Harriet Tubman

[Tierney]

"Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion." - Scott Adams

[Tierney]

"The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege." - Charles Kuralt

[BestButchBoy]

What you think of yourself is much more important than what other people think of you.

[Tierney]

“Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily” ― Paulo Coelho

[Tierney]

“Highly sensitive people are too often perceived as weaklings or damaged goods. To feel intensely is not a symptom of weakness, it is the trademark of the truly alive and compassionate. It is not the empath who is broken, it is society that has become dysfunctional and emotionally disabled. There is no shame in expressing your authentic feelings. Those who are at times described as being a 'hot mess' or having 'too many issues' are the very fabric of what keeps the dream alive for a more caring, humane world. Never be ashamed to let your tears shine a light in this world.” ― Anthon St. Maarten

[Tierney]

“Never apologize for showing your feelings. When you do, you are apologizing for the truth.” ― José N. Harris

[Fancy]

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
Stephen Hawking

[Talon]

Intimacy creates understanding....
And understanding creates love. 💝



~Anais Nin

[CherryWine]

It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. Right? And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.

[Tierney]

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'". - Audrey Hepburn

[Tierney]

"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." - Nido Qubein

[Tierney]

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world." - Gandhi

[TheHinduPose]

In most modern instances, interpretation amounts to the philistine refusal to leave the work of art alone. Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art. Interpretation makes art manageable, conformable.
Susan Sontag

[Daisy Chain]

I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here. Charles Bukowski

[Tierney]

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire." - Aristotle

[Tierney]

"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." - Basil

[Tierney]

"Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world." - Goethe

[CherryWine]

I like flaws and feel more comfortable around people who have them. I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

- Augusten Burroughs (from Magical Thinking: True Stories)

[Tierney]

"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress." - Bruce Barton

[Tierney]

"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have." - Margaret Mead

[Tierney]

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?" - John Wooden

[Talon]

To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.


~Cornelius Tacitus

[CherryWine]

The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because it's only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That's the only lasting thing you can create.

- Chuck Palahniuk (from Choke)

[ahk]

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?--Robert H. Schuller

[Daisy Chain]

I have blisters on my feet from dancing alone with your ghost -Tyler Knott Gregson.

[Daisy Chain]

“Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.”
― Alan Cohen

[ahk]

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.--Buddha

[Talon]

You saw his weakness....and he will never forgive you.


~Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

[Tierney]

“Pain is temporary- The pain you feel today is only to get strength to face tomorrow.” ― Sivaprakash Sidhu

[Tierney]

“We cannot love a person with an all accepting, transcending and encompassing love without being hurt somewhat, without being disappointed, without being failed of our expectations. We cannot love without being broken, yet we cannot continue in love without being stronger than our brokenness.” ― Jocelyn Soriano

[Tierney]

“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.” ― Oscar Wilde

[Tierney]

“Some things scratch the surface while others strike at your soul.” ― Gianna Perada

[Tierney]

“Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.” ― Lurlene McDaniel

[Tierney]

“We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had with souls that made our souls wiser, that spoke what we thought, that told us what we knew, that gave us leave to be what we inly are.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Talon]

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.


~Samuel Butler

[Chicklette]

Step by step...each lesson is but another milestone in my life, how I choose to look at it in perspective..

Is but a choice...

[Tierney]

"A wise man is superior to any insults which can be upon him, the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation." - Moliere

[Tierney]

"It is not what you look at that matters, it is what you see." - Henry David Thoreau

[Tierney]

"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." - John F. Kennedy

[BestButchBoy]

Patience
does not mean
to passively endure.
It means
to be farsighted
enough to trust
the end
result of a process.
It means
to look at the thorn
and see the rose,
to look at the night
and see the dawn.
~ Rumi

[Kobi]

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[kittygrrl]

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" Aristotle

[Genesis]

"Love every morsel of the people in your life." ~ Jennifer Merendino

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[Tierney]

“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” ― Steve Maraboli

[Tierney]

“We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.” ― C. JoyBell C.

[Tierney]

“When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one. We cannot love when we feel fear.... When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.” ― Gerald G. Jampolsky

[Bèsame*]

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Worth repeating :)

[Kobi]

"A good day is when no one shows up, and you don't have to go anywhere."

Burt Shavitz of Burt's Bees fame.

[BestButchBoy]

"There is absolutely no reason to ever settle for less than the best."

[C0LLETTE]

Bring pizza and beer or we won't let you in.

[purepisces]

"Bliss—a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious—lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (Tax Returns, Televised Golf) and, in waves, a boredom like you’ve never known will wash over you and just about kill you. Ride these out, and it’s like stepping from black and white into color. Like water after days in the desert. Instant bliss in every atom.”

~ David Foster Wallace

[Tierney]

“Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.” ― حافظ

[Tierney]

“Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine, and I'll be happy for the rest of my fucked up little life.” ― Charlotte Eriksson

[Tierney]

“I feel like I’ve been split open and stuffed with sunshine.” ― Tahereh Mafi

[ahk]

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.--W. Clement Stone

[Orema]

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[ahk]

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.--Joyce Brothers

[Tierney]

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” ― Elbert Hubbard

[Tierney]

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” ― Bob Marley

[Tierney]

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” ― Jane Austen

[Orema]

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[Tierney]

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” ― Paulo Coelho

[Tierney]

“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” ― Kalu Ndukwe Kalu

[Tierney]

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― William Faulkner

[purepisces]

"If you've never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame." ~ Counting Crows

[LOQUI]

"My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat . . ."

The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.

"Please--tame me!" he said.

"What must I do, to tame you?" asked the little prince.

"You must be very patient," replied the fox. "First you will sit down at a little distance from me--like that--in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day . . ."
-The Little Prince-

[ahk]

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants. --Joseph Addison

[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

“Compared to the great vastness of the cosmos, the ocean of deep time, my individual existence is a blip, a bubble in the foam on the surface of a flowing river. I am a momentary arrangement of atoms and molecules—an arrangement that lives and moves, to be sure, an arrangement that thinks, laughs, appreciates beauty, dreams, and loves—but a mere arrangement nonetheless, a transient state, an ephemeral gathering.

Soon the blip will go out, the bubble will pop, the arrangement will dissolve, molecular bonds released by entropy. My consciousness will cease. But the molecules that once were me will still exist. The atoms that made up my body—iron, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, all the heavy elements forged in the crucibles of dying stars—will remain.

Liberated from their temporary home, they will rejoin the rest of the planet, taking new shapes, finding new arrangements, becoming part of other life. I will become merged with everything.”
~ Adam Lee

[Talon]

Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.



~Arthur Schopenhauer

[ahk]

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. --Maya Angelou

[Tierney]

"Even if you fall to your knees, you are still moving forward." - Victor Kiam

[Tierney]

"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be." - Ken Venturi

[Tierney]

"If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud." - Emile Zola

[kittygrrl]

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[Tierney]

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.” ― Bob Marley

[Tierney]

“It seems like when you are in search of something or someone you only succeed when you've finally given up all hope... and I find it rather fascinating how it always ends up in the last place you'd expect. I found the woman of my dreams although she is the total opposite of what i expected - she's ten times better than I could have dreamed.” ― arik maldonales

[Tierney]

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.” - Bob Marley

[Kobi]

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[Daisy Chain]

The past does not haunt us. We haunt the past. We allow our minds to focus in that direction. We open memories and examine them. We re-experience emotions we felt during the painful events we experienced because we are recalling them in as much detail as can.

Augusten Burroughs

[Genesis]

"My beautiful Love
Tonight, since it is a blue moon up there in the sky .. makes me think about those once in a blue moon blessings that happen in one's life...
And of course, in mine.. You...
There is love of course.. many kinds of love in the world.. as many as people..
but once in a blue moon comes one Love, that does not come often, one that makes you feel complete, joyful, grateful, alive, free to be yourself, and inspires you to be better..
Once in a blue moon, comes someone that can understand you like no other. .
Once in a blue moon, you find a Love that his/her eyes and embrace tell all that words are incapable to express..
Once in a blue moon, comes that Love that you can never forget and always love.."
(poem by ANNIE COUYOU)

:rose:

[PaPa]

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
Viktor E. Frankl

[Talon]

Do not mistake a pebble for a diamond.



~My Grandmother

[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Bèsame*]

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[Tierney]

“The hardest thing about the road not taken is that you never know where it might have led.” ― Lisa Wingate

[Tierney]

“Sometimes the best and worst times of your life can coincide. It is a talent of the soul to discover the joy in pain—-thinking of moments you long for, and knowing you’ll never have them again. The beautiful ghosts of our past haunt us, and yet we still can’t decide if the pain they caused us out weighs the tender moments when they touched our soul. This is the irony of love.” ― Shannon L. Alder

[Tierney]

“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” ― Elbert Hubbard

[Kobi]

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[ahk]

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.--Joseph Campbell

[afrcnqueen]

"Self esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgement of others."
O.W.

[afrcnqueen]

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[Hominid]

Apropos to shitty work happenings today: much debate about originator, but it was NOT mother Theresa, it is a military quote, likely Navy - I once bought a cake for my staff with this on it when they were getting kicked in their faces:

We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.

[ahk]

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.--Carl Sagan

[Tierney]

“Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back to, no matter where your headed” ― Jodi Picoult

[Tierney]

“When forever becomes a place...when forever ceases to be just a word… when it ceases to be just a measurement of time…but instead becomes a place where soul mates can dance to the song in their hearts... that is a reflection of true love.” ― Steve Maraboli

[Tierney]

“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” ― E.B. White

[Tierney]

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” ― Lao Tzu

[Tierney]

“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.” ― John Lennon

[Tierney]

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit” ― E.E. Cummings

[PaPa]

The Invitation

By Oriah Mountain Dreamer

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, 'Yes.'

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

[BestButchBoy]

"To heal a wound, you have to stop touching it."

[ahk]

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.--William Arthur Ward

[PaPa]

"The unreal is more powerful than the real, because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. It's only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, and fantasies that last. Stone crumbles, wood rots, people, well they die, but things as fragile as thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on."
~Chuck Palahniuk

[BestButchBoy]

"A positive, healthy sense of self-value and worth is the foundation of our happiness and success. When we know who we are and believe it, our greatest dreams are possible."

[Tierney]

“I will never compromise Truth for the sake of getting along with people who can only get along when we agree.” ― D.R. Silva

[Tierney]

“The middle path makes me wary. . . . But in the middle of my life, I am coming to see the middle path as a walk with wisdom where conversations of complexity can be found, that the middle path is the path of movement. . . . In the right and left worlds, the stories are largely set. . . . We become missionaries for a position . . . practitioners of the missionary position. Variety is lost. Diversity is lost. Creativity is lost in our inability to make love with the world.” ― Terry Tempest Williams

[Tierney]

“You cannot build a dream on a foundation of sand. To weather the test of storms, it must be cemented in the heart with uncompromising conviction.” ― T.F. Hodge

[Daisy Chain]

Its what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.

Paulo Coelho {Aleph}

[ahk]

The things that we love tell us what we are.--Thomas Aquinas

[BestButchBoy]

"We lose our courage when we subscribe to a belief that someone or something is the key to our happiness--rather than recognizing that power lies within.."

[BestButchBoy]

“Today is life—the only life you are sure of.
Make the most of today.
Get interested in something.
Shake yourself awake.
Develop a hobby.
Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you.
Live today with gusto.”

[Tierney]

“How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others” ― Steve Maraboli

[Tierney]

“Before you can live a part of you has to die. You have to let go of what could have been, how you should have acted and what you wish you would have said differently. You have to accept that you can’t change the past experiences, opinions of others at that moment in time or outcomes from their choices or yours. When you finally recognize that truth then you will understand the true meaning of forgiveness of yourself and others. From this point you will finally be free.” ― Shannon L. Alder

[Tierney]

“I won't tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world's voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely—or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose!” ― Oscar Wilde

[Gemme]

Agnes from Despicable Me: Unicorns, I love them. Unicorns, I love them. Uni uni unicorns, I love them. Uni unicorns, I could pet one if they were really real. And they are! So I bought one so I could pet it. Now it loves me, now I love it. La lala la la...

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[ahk]

A goal is a dream with a deadline.--Napoleon Hill

[Orema]

A friend told me each morning we get up we must decide whether we're going to save or savor the world. I don't think that's the decision. I don't think it's an either-or, save or savor. We have to do both, save and savor the world.

-Kate Clinton

[BestButchBoy]

"The world continues to spin, the sun will rise again, & new possibilities are being born in every moment."

[Tierney]

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." - Epictetus

[Tierney]

"Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door." - Kyle Chandler

[Tierney]

"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself." - Mark Caine

[Genesis]

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[Degotoga]

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point.

- Harold B. Melchart

[ahk]

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life. --Novalis

[Genesis]

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[BestButchBoy]

"Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts."
AMY WINEHOUSE

[BestButchBoy]

"What I know now is that comparing ourselves to others is an act of self-violence, as is living up to the expectation of others or not listening to your gut. These acts are about other people. These acts are all about external validation. Power is you. Power is standing up as your true self."

[Tierney]

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” ― John Lennon

[Tierney]

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[Tierney]

“Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.”

― Christian D. Larson

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[Genesis]

“I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not honor more.”
~ Richard Lovelace, English poet

:rose:

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Love... as, always...

:rose:

[BestButchBoy]

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

― Paulo Coelho

[Electrocell]

Cecelia Ahern

“You deserve someone who loves you with every single beat of his heart, someone who thinks about you constantly, someone who spends every minute of every day just wondering what you’re doing, where you are, who you’re with, and if you’re OK. You need someone who can help you reach your dreams and protect you from your fears. You need someone who will treat you with respect, love every part of you, especially your flaws. You should be with someone who could make you happy, really happy, dancing on air happy.”

― Cecelia Ahern, Love, Rosie

“If you don't appreciate her, you don't deserve her.”
― Robert Tew

“Only open-minded deserves the truth.”
― Aishwarya Shiva Pareek

[Tierney]

“I've got nothing to do today but smile.” ― Paul Simon

[Tierney]

“So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?” ― Hunter S. Thompson

[Tierney]

“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

[Daisy Chain]

Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it's their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don't be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. ~Eckhart Tolle. ❤️☀️

[ahk]

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.--George Bernard Shaw

[LOQUI]

"Some people will notice the change in your attitude towards them but won't notice their behaviour that made you change ”

-Unknown-

[Tierney]

“The battle you are going through is not fueled by the words or actions of others; it is fueled by the mind that gives it importance.” ― Shannon L. Alder

[Tierney]

“People that hold onto hate for so long do so because they want to avoid dealing with their pain. They falsely believe if they forgive they are letting their enemy believe they are a doormat. What they don’t understand is hatred can’t be isolated or turned off. It manifests in their health, choices and belief systems. Their values and religious beliefs make adjustments to justify their negative emotions. Not unlike malware infesting a hard drive, their spirit slowly becomes corrupted and they make choices that don’t make logical sense to others. Hatred left unaddressed will crash a person’s spirit. The only thing he or she can do is to reboot, by fixing him or herself, not others. This might require installing a firewall of boundaries or parental controls on their emotions. Regardless of the approach, we are all connected on this "network of life" and each of us is responsible for cleaning up our spiritual registry.” ― Shannon L. Alder

[Tierney]

“Blaming others is an act of refusing to take responsibility. When a person can’t accept the fact or the reality, they blamed another person or the situation instead of taking accountability.” ― Dee Dee Artner

[PaPa]

"Our lives are defined by opportunities - even the ones we miss."
From The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[Genesis]

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Author Unknown

[ahk]

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.--Ashley Montagu

[Tierney]

“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.” ― Charles Dickens

[Tierney]

“Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.” ― Lisa Kleypas

[Tierney]

“I have always found it odd that people who think passive aggressively ignoring a person is making a point to them. The only point it makes to anyone is your inability to articulate your point of view because deep down you know you can’t win. It’s better to assert yourself and tell the person you are moving on without them and why, rather than leave a lasting impression of cowardness on your part in a person’s mind by avoiding them.” ― Shannon L. Alder

[Daisy Chain]

“Let me be as a feather. Strong with purpose yet light at heart, able to bend. And, tho I might become frayed, able to pull myself together again.”

– Anita Sams

[Genesis]

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[Genesis]

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[Tierney]

“The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't know about yourself.” ― Shannon L. Alder

[Tierney]

“How many of us accept our self for who we authentically despite our flaws? I truly believe our imperfections make us unique and also BEAUTIFUL. Some beautiful things are more impressive when left imperfect than when too highly finished, Our flaws and weaknesses can make us more beautiful! People who make mistakes are more like-able than those who appear perfect. We can’t connect with perfect…. but we like and LOVE people who are real. That’s beauty from the inside out. So lets accept our self for who we are and meant to be. We are all perfectly and authentically beautiful in our own special way, and nothing more or even less.” ― Angie Karan

[Tierney]

“Love people with all sincere attention, but don't overdo it as if you are not special. Don't lose yourself in the process of loving other people. Remember, you are special too!” ― Israelmore Ayivor