Quotes, Sayings, Poems etc.
 

i try to keep in mind...
 

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
—Eleanor Roosevelt

"History tells us that blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal to democracy," ~ President Joseph Biden

(Quote excerpted from his Battle For The Soul Of The Nation speech on September 1st, 2022).

“Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.” ― Nicholas Sparks

And then I realized
that to be
more alive
I had to
be less
afraid
so
I did it…
I lost my
fear
and gained
my whole life.

By Unknown

i know you are busy
but stop for a moment---
the day didn't go your way
but you were alive and experienced it.

so

stop for a moment and look around you
are you safe?
are you fed?
is there beauty around you?
count those blessings.

so

stop for a moment
close your eyes
what do you feel?
what do you hear?
is this place home?

so

stop,
appreciate,
and then,

open your eyes !

i just did and it's wonderful!

written by gurl

“To have a caring and committed heart toward someone—a heart so firm in its devotion as to sooner stop beating than neglect the object of its desire despite the person’s state of health, appearance, reputation, finances, troubles, or challenges that, dear world, is love. It is a rare find.” — Richelle E. Goodrich

"The trees are about to tell us how lovely it is to let things go." - Unknown

i'm listening to the rain pitter patter as it caresses the trees
and drips
it's soothing and calming.
i stare mesmorized by the drips as my pulse counts them
i wonder where they land...
are they quenching a toad's thirst?
are they bonking a salamander on the head as it blinks?
are they making a worm thankful?

i am thankful to the rain
i am thankful for the rain
i sit deep in thought
thankful

by
gurl

Love this question.
 

All you need is one yes, girl, and you just go on through the door. What are you gonna do with your yes?
—Katori Hall's mama

Quotes about friendship
 

"It's not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters."
(click for link to quote)

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. —Alice Walker

Quotes, poems, & sayings
 

Ultracrepidarians are people who speak their opinion on a topic about which the know nothing.
Unknown

True that.
 

The things you regret most in life are the risks you didn't take. —Farhan Masood

Sea of Hope | RUMI
 

Love rests on no foundation.
It is an endless ocean,
with no beginning or end.
Imagine, a suspended ocean,
riding on a cushion of ancient secrets.

All souls have drowned in it,
and now dwell there.
One drop of that ocean is hope,
and the rest is fear.
Rumi 💙

Music by Karen Homayounfar
Track title: Ghessey-e-Paria VIII

Mom
—Tyre Nichols

Quotes, Poems & Sayings
 

goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes..because
for those who love with their heart and soul
there is no such thing as separation-rumi

Tutu
 

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

Desmond Tutu

Abraham Lincoln
 

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt

Abraham Lincoln -

Gibran
 

“I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Treasury of Kahlil Gibran

Our mistakes do not make us, if you believe that,
then your mistaken.

-Pandora owl

Who else would we be if no one understands us but we? —Queen Latifah

I don’t want to put more negativity into the world. The world needs light and love and compassion for idiots. I’m working on it. —Pink

“My heart is with everyone whose lives were destroyed this week,” — Pete Davidson from Saturday Night Live.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/15/enter...ing/index.html

Pete’s dad was a firefighter who died during the 9/11 attacks (NYC), when he was a little boy.

If your dream only includes you, it’s too small.
—Ana DuVernay

Quotes Poems and sayings
 

Every flower is a sould blossoming in nature. Gerard De Nerval

The human spirit needs places where naure has not been rearranged by the hand of man,. Unknown

For greed, all nature is too little. Lucius A. Seneca

Kindness is like snow: It makes the world beautiful <3
 

Step out of the frame (salman rushdie).
 

This strand of thought by Salman Rushdie has always prompted me to be brave enough to leave group-think types of processing in what we see and read and hear about in life. I’ve found that it is true, to do as Rushdie suggests we do when we need to consider the whole entire unseeable picture. Step out of the “frame” and before too long, you will see what the real story and consequences are to consider.