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"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

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

....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

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

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

It bears repeating.

“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

“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

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

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

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"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

I keep trusting You

"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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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

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

John Adams

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

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"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

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

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

Happy 1 year Anniversary Love....

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:

“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

“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

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

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

Now, that's #freedom.

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This is for the tough days by Sarah Harvey

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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...

"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