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

“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

“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

Love this!
 

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

True self
 

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

“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

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

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

- Emily Dickinson

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

“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

“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

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

Belonging ...
 

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

Badlands
 

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 --

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

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!!!!!

“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

“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.

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

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

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

“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

“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