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"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart).
I am never without it (anywhere
I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling).
I fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet). I want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true).
And it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
Here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide).
And this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart.
I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)."
~E.E. Cummings
"My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears,
And true plain hearts do in the faces rest;
Where can we find two better hemispheres
Without sharp north, without declining west?
Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally;
If our two loves be one, or thou and I
Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die."
~John Donne (from Tristan & Isolde)
“All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.”
~Benjamin Franklin
“If you can’t get what you want, try for something better.”
“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”
~Oscar Wilde
“Learn things you never knew from people that come from places you’ve never been.”
“It’s easy to feel invisible. Everything you do seems insignificant, and all you want is your presence known. Sometimes it takes a reminder to let you know you matter, that you own a place in this world. Because all of the things that go unnoticed make you who you are, shouting to the world ‘I’m here, whether you see me or not.’”
“’Come to the edge of the cliff,’ he said.
‘We are afraid,’ they said.
’Come to the edge of the cliff,’ he said.
‘We are afraid,’ they said.
’Come to the edge of the cliff,’ he said.
They came.
He pushed.
They flew.”
“The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is giving your gift away.”
~David Viscott
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
~Aesop
“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”
~unknown
“Think about how happy you would be right now if you lost everything you had…and then got it back again.”
~R. Bryan Meeks
“We advance toward our destiny when we encourage others to reach theirs.”
~Paul Wesselmann
“There is no one I cannot teach something to, and no one I cannot learn something from.”
~unknown
“Every blade of grass has it’s angel that bends over it and whispers, ‘Grow, grow.’”
~The Talmud
“No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.”
“Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.”
“He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
~Douglas Adams
“A fluid, by definition, is a substance that conforms to the outline of its container. Today, containers reconfigure in response to the matter they hold.”
~Ellen Lupton
“Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. A vast silence reigned over the land.”
~Jack London
“We may miss a great deal of joy because we expect it to be unusual, dramatic, and spectacular.
We are waiting for lights to flash and bells to ring.
But the truth is that joy is here, right now,
waiting for us to notice it.”
~Veronica Ray
“Sleep, riches, and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.”
-Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.”
-Peter Marshall
“There is a story told about a dog who discovered that happiness was in his tail.
He kept trying over and over to get it, but all he could do was run around in circles.
Exhausted and frustrated with this endless pursuit, he eventually stopped.
And then he discovered that if he would just go on about his life, it would follow him wherever he went.”
“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
~Paulo Coelho
“I’ve noticed a belief that somehow optimism lacks intelligence and that optimism stems from a lack of experience and naivete.
I don’t believe that.
I believe optimism is a choice.
Cynicim isn’t smarter, it’s just safer.”
-Jewl
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
~Ambrose Redmoon
“The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.”
~Duguet
”May you live all the days of your life.”
~Jonathan Swift
“The new oral tradition often begins: "Hey, did you see that ad for...?" Words are crafted that share, relate, evoke and tell a story, sell, linger, and provoke more conversation. And here we find that writers write. And write. And talk. And write some more. The process of wordsmithing is rigorous and exciting. And the ultimate reward is the retelling of your story. All media are used to tell your story effectively and dramatically with help from illustrators and photographers. And once where there was nothing, there's now applause.
Design means looking at the whole world, from the tiny to the grand, but you start by learning the basics. And then you'll add to that hours of time polishing, perfecting, throwing it all out and starting all over again. And again. Until it's perfect. And when you're finished you'll have a chance to turn the mundane into something extraordinary. A dark room. A blank piece of paper. A hope that magic will happen. It will happen and you'll find that it's only chemicals and plastic, light and dark, black and white or color. There's nothing to it really. Lots of practice, flashes of brilliance, and the smoke from an idea that isn't quite there yet. In the end the audience will sit in awe and the clowns will dab at tears of joy.”
“So the point is not to become a leader. The point is to become yourself, to use yourself completely- all your skills, gifts, and energies- in order to make your vision manifest. You must withhold nothing. You must, in sum, become the person you started out to be, and to enjoy the process of becoming.”
~Warren Bennis
“You never know when someone
May catch a dream from you.
You never know when a little word
Or something you may do
May open up the windows
Of a mind that seeks the light-
The way you live may not matter at all,
But you never know- it might.
And just in case it could be
That another’s life, through you,
Might possibly change for the better
With a broader and brighter view,
It seems it might be worth a try
At pointing the way to the right-
Of course, it may not matter at all,
But then again- it might.”
~Helen L. Marshall
“One flower can wake the dream,
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring.
One smile brings a friendship,
One handclasp lifts the soul.
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame a goal.
One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room.
One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh can conquer gloom.
One step must start each journey,
One word must start each prayer.
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care.
One voice can speak with wisdom,
One heart can know what’s true.
One life can make a difference,
You see, it’s up to you!”
~Anonymous
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
~Nelson Mandela