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"I'm not sure what I'll do, but - well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale." F. Scott Fitzgerald
( quote via cheynesaw )
Showing posts with label quote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quote. Show all posts
tuesday quote / Isabel Allende
February 12, 2013
Give, give, give--what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having stories if I don't tell them to others? Of having wealth if I don't share it? I don't intend to be cremated with any of it! It is in giving that I connect with others, the world and with the divine. Isabel Allende
( quote source: C. Jane Kendrick, image source: instagram )
Tuesday Quote
November 20, 2012
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A good reminder, don't you think? Living isn't all about getting there; it's about just being. If we don't recognize happiness when we have it, what's the point?
Stop and be happy today. You deserve it!
where you are
November 18, 2012
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| / tyler knott gregson |
Could not agree more.
Check out more (awesome) daily poetry by Tyler Knott Gregson here.
Tuesday Quote / Sharon Creech
November 13, 2012
Even though it was written for readers much younger than myself, this easily remains my favorite book.
“That night I kept thinking about Pandora's box. I wondered why someone would put a good thing as Hope in a box with sickness and kidnapping and murder. It was fortunate that it was there, though. If not, people would have the birds of sadness nesting in their hair all the time, because of nuclear war and the greenhouse effect and bombs and stabbings and lunatics.
There must have been another box with all the good things in it, like sunshine and love and trees and all that. Who had the good fortune to open that one, and was there one bad thing down there in the bottom of the good box? Maybe it was Worry. Even when everything seems fine and good, I worry that something will go wrong and change everything.”
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Tuesday Quote / Max Ehrman
August 28, 2012
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,
even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
(1926)
some wednesday inspiration
August 8, 2012
"This world is made of sugar. It can crumble so easily, but don't be afraid to stick out your tongue and taste it."
\\ taken from Sarah Kay's poem "B" performed at the beginning of her TED talk here:
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