Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

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“Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose.” ― Steve Maraboli

[LOQUI]

"The obstacle is the path"

[Kätzchen]

If The Political Has Suddenly Gotten Very Personal, Therapist Harriet Lerner, Ph.D, Has Advice To Keep You Sane (sub-title of article from Oprah's Spring issue on Family Communication Issues).



Article Excerpt:


"Try putting on your Anthropologist's hat and viewing your difficult family as an interesting culture. Observe everything, even your own behavior. What sets you off? What happens if you respond differently? When tree-hugging Aunt Debbie starts hammering you again for not switching to hemp tampons, try using humor instead of leaving in a huff or getting hooked into a fight. Aunt Debbie will never change, but that's not the point. The goal is to bring your best self to your relationships, even when the other is being an jerk. That's the kind of human being you want to be" -- Dr. Harriet Lerner, PhD.



From Oprah's magazine this past spring (May 2018, Vol. 19, No. 5, page 121).

[LOQUI]

"Never make someone a priority when all you are to them
is an option.
-Maya Angelou-

[Bèsame*]

[homoe]

[Bèsame*]

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do. It also enables you to laugh at life's realities.


Dr. Seuss

[Orema]

Superstar athletes are rarely as generous, or as classy, or as outright talented as Serena Williams was on Saturday. The events of the U.S. Open show both how difficult it can be for women of color to be accepted as they are, and just how thoroughly she has rejected the status quo. Being the best may not be enough to take home the Grand Slam trophy, but Williams is winning at something much more consequential. —Gillian B. White, senior editor at The Atlantic.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...d-slam/569704/

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"History has taught.. it is not enough for people to be angry-the supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force." - "Honoring Dr. Du Bois" (1968)

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“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”

- Stephen King

[LOQUI]

“If I never said I was grateful to you...I say it now.
If I never said I was proud of the home that you kept... I say it now.
If I didn't tell you that you were beautiful when your face grew lined,
when you didn’t have a new blouse from one summer’s end to the next...
I say it now.
And, if I didn't tell you that I loved you, I say it now.”

Missing you... I will talk about tomorrow."

Call the Midwife

[WheatToast]

Originally Posted by kittygrrl

"A cat may look at a king" English Proverb 1562 CE

You can have it fast, you can have it cheap, or you can have it good. Pick Two.

[LOQUI]

"let go
of the illusion
that it
could have been
any different"

[homoe]

[LOQUI]

"And then
my soul saw you
and
kind of went
"oh, there you are.
I've been looking
for you."

[kittygrrl]

"Illusions... of course, are by their nature sweet" Dangerous Liaisons

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“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” ― Paulo Coelho

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“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

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"This is how it works. You're young until you're not. You love until you don't. You try until you can't. You laugh until you cry. You cry until you laugh. And everyone must breathe, until their dying breath." - Regina Spektor

[Genesis]

The potential of your life experience shrinks or expands according to your ability to love.
Love expands and opens.
Love is courageous.
Love is strength.
Love praises and embraces life.
Love stands-up and walks forward.
You cannot avoid what you fear because what you fear is inside of you.
Fear seems to stalk you because it is in you.
When we come face-to-face with our fears we are really confronting ourselves.
The moment we confront our fears we are declaring that we are contenders for life, and for love.
To those who are mindful, life's preciousness becomes ever more apparent each day.
When we truly love ourselves and love life, we are compelled to deeply explore ourselves and life's possibilities.
Only when you decide to truly live can you be free of your fears, and only when you are free of your fears can you truly live.
Embracing life and overcoming fear are one and the same.
Your special destiny is too important to not act upon.
Leap toward life.
Expand in love.
Let your passion and courage swell in you until you can no longer be contained by fear.

This is your time to live your life to its fullest...

— Bryant McGill