Elegance
 

"Elegance tends to be mistaken for superficiality and mere appearance.
Nothing could be further from the truth: some words are elegant, others can wound and destroy, but all are written with the same letters.

Flowers are elegant, even when hidden among the grasses in a meadow. The gazelle when it runs is elegant, even when it is fleeing from a lion.

Elegance is not an outer quality, but a part of the soul that is visible to others.
And even when passions run high, elegance does not allow the real ties binding two people to be broken.

Elegance lies not in the clothes we wear, but in the way we wear them.
It isn’t in the way we wield a sword, but in the dialogue we hold that could avoid a war.

Elegance is achieved when, having discarded all superfluous things, we discover simplicity and concentration; the simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.

And what is simplicity? It is the coming together of the true values of life.
Snow is pretty because it has only one colour.
The sea is pretty because it appears to be a flat plane.
The desert is beautiful because it seems to consist only of sand and rocks.

The simplest things in life are the most extraordinary. Let them reveal themselves."

ACCRA

" If you realize you are stronger alone , you are with the wrong partner." -Justice Stephens



“If you're wondering if I expect miracles---the answer is yes. Even when they don't seem to happen, I keep believing in them. Even when I stop believing in them, I'll always start again. Because I have hope. And maybe they'll happen in a way I never saw coming--they usually do. Or maybe I'll find the way to make them happen myself. But either way--I expect miracles.”
― Jennifer DeLucy


" I don't think I have ever really felt loved. I want to feel loved. I want a love I can feel confident in, a love I feel safe in. A love that won't turn and leave when they don't like something. A love that doesn't require a leave of absence, or just disappear for whatever reason. I want a big love that is consistant and unwavering, as I offer the same." - Unknown

One day someone is going to hug you so tight that all your broken pieces will stick back together.

~anonymous~

“If you want your prayers answered, you get off your knees and do the one thing you’re praying someone else will do for you.”
― Shannon L. Alder


“It’s called the inner voice of reason. It’s that gut feeling telling you yes or no. Flee or fight. It’s the one voice in life that isn’t tampered by other’s biased opinions, scars, feelings or thoughts. It tells me I love you more than I have or ever will love anyone. And that we have loved each other for millions of years through hundreds of lifetimes. And all the heart ache you have caused us will never change my love. ”
― Eric Rozario

“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.”
― Robert Tew

Oldie but goodie!

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. –Maya Angelou

If you don't take a chance, you don't stand a chance.

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
― Rumi

“Try a little harder to be a little better.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
- Pablo Picasso

" If you give up, you're not worthy." - Unknown

" The truth is always the right answer." - Unknown

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that
something else is more important than fear.” ― Ambrose Redmoon

If she's amazing, she won't be easy.
If she's easy, she won't be amazing.
If she's worth it, you won't give up,
If you give up, you're not worthy.
...Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you;
you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

-Bob Marley