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The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

~ Mark Twain
2017-10-30T21:40:52-06:00
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. ~ Mark Twain
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.

~ Henry Ford
2017-11-03T19:26:14-06:00
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. ~ Henry Ford
No punishment anyone might inflict on us could possibly be worse than the punishment we inflict on ourselves by conspiring in our own diminishment.

~ Parker Palmer
2017-11-03T19:26:48-06:00
No punishment anyone might inflict on us could possibly be worse than the punishment we inflict on ourselves by conspiring in our own diminishment. ~ Parker Palmer
You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?

~ Rumi
2017-11-03T19:27:27-06:00
You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life? ~ Rumi
You could say it is the feeling of healing, coming home to myself after a long seperation.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2017-11-03T19:27:57-06:00
You could say it is the feeling of healing, coming home to myself after a long seperation. ~ Tama J. Kieves
It seems that guidance is a lot like candlelight. It lights up a room or a moment at a time. I can see where I am right now. I can’t see where I am going. But I bring this flicker with me as I step forward.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2017-11-03T19:28:20-06:00
It seems that guidance is a lot like candlelight. It lights up a room or a moment at a time. I can see where I am right now. I can’t see where I am going. But I bring this flicker with me as I step forward. ~ Tama J. Kieves
Choosing our actions instead of reacting can change the course of history, or at least the course of our lives.

~ Melody Beattie
2017-11-03T19:28:46-06:00
Choosing our actions instead of reacting can change the course of history, or at least the course of our lives. ~ Melody Beattie
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

~ Winston Churchill
2017-11-03T19:29:10-06:00
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Winston Churchill
Doing work you love is the dizzying path of saying yes to yourself and yes to a brilliant, hidden self you do not yet know.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2017-11-03T19:29:41-06:00
Doing work you love is the dizzying path of saying yes to yourself and yes to a brilliant, hidden self you do not yet know. ~ Tama J. Kieves
Well-meaning people will say well-meaning things that will make us feel foreign and tilted for wanting to walk this world another way.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2017-11-03T19:30:07-06:00
Well-meaning people will say well-meaning things that will make us feel foreign and tilted for wanting to walk this world another way. ~ Tama J. Kieves
Whatever you feed with attention will grow detailed, bold, and brilliant with life for you. Feed the wolves that howl on the outskirts of imagination or feed your dreams instead.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2019-06-04T14:53:09-06:00
Whatever you feed with attention will grow detailed, bold, and brilliant with life for you. Feed the wolves that howl on the outskirts of imagination or feed your dreams instead. ~ Tama J. Kieves
It all comes down to this: We can deny our hearts or we can deny our limits.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2019-06-04T14:54:17-06:00
It all comes down to this: We can deny our hearts or we can deny our limits. ~ Tama J. Kieves
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke
2019-06-04T14:58:24-06:00
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Self care is never a selfish act - it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I was put on Earth to offer to others.

~ Parker Palmer
2019-06-06T14:48:33-06:00
Self care is never a selfish act - it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I was put on Earth to offer to others. ~ Parker Palmer
I wonder, he said, whether the stars are set a light in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again.

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
2019-06-06T14:49:34-06:00
I wonder, he said, whether the stars are set a light in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Some things matter because we choose to make them matter.

~ James G. March
2019-06-07T14:01:57-06:00
Some things matter because we choose to make them matter. ~ James G. March
Life is something that everyone should try at least once.

~ Henry J. Tillman
2019-06-07T14:02:44-06:00
Life is something that everyone should try at least once. ~ Henry J. Tillman
To make a friend of the part of us that wants nothing to do with the difficulties of work, of relationship, of doing what is necessary, is to learn humility; to cultivate self-compassion and to sharpen a necessary sense of humour and a merciful approach to both self and other.

~ David Whyte
2019-06-07T14:05:10-06:00
To make a friend of the part of us that wants nothing to do with the difficulties of work, of relationship, of doing what is necessary, is to learn humility; to cultivate self-compassion and to sharpen a necessary sense of humour and a merciful approach to both self and other. ~ David Whyte
If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

~ Mark Twain
2019-06-07T14:06:11-06:00
If you have nothing to say, say nothing. ~ Mark Twain
The roar of your heart will quiet all terror. And, sometimes, it takes just a little terror to rouse your heart to roar.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2019-06-07T14:07:21-06:00
The roar of your heart will quiet all terror. And, sometimes, it takes just a little terror to rouse your heart to roar. ~ Tama J. Kieves
It is life near the bone where it is sweetest.

~ Henry David Thoreau
2019-06-07T14:08:28-06:00
It is life near the bone where it is sweetest. ~ Henry David Thoreau
To be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled from ourselves.

~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
2019-06-07T14:09:32-06:00
To be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled from ourselves. ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
We make our lives bigger or smaller, more expansive or more limited, according to the interpretation of life that is our story.

~ Christina Baldwin
2019-06-07T14:10:42-06:00
We make our lives bigger or smaller, more expansive or more limited, according to the interpretation of life that is our story. ~ Christina Baldwin
I saw a car with a bumper sticker that read "The one who dies with the most toys wins". I think it should have said "joys"

~ Tama J. Kieves
2019-06-07T14:11:59-06:00
I saw a car with a bumper sticker that read "The one who dies with the most toys wins". I think it should have said "joys" ~ Tama J. Kieves
You are succulent. Even if you don't know it yet.

~ Sark
2019-06-07T14:13:21-06:00
You are succulent. Even if you don't know it yet. ~ Sark
May you parent your passion exquisitely.

~ Dawna Markova
2019-06-07T14:14:53-06:00
May you parent your passion exquisitely. ~ Dawna Markova
Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the worlds needs.

~ Frederick Buechner
2019-06-07T14:16:00-06:00
Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the worlds needs. ~ Frederick Buechner
I found more strength swinging from vine-to-vine than I ever would have huddled away in a life-proof life.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2019-06-07T14:17:24-06:00
I found more strength swinging from vine-to-vine than I ever would have huddled away in a life-proof life. ~ Tama J. Kieves
Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

~ Rumi
2019-06-07T14:18:33-06:00
Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. ~ Rumi
We are all meant to shine, as children do. As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated by our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

~ Marianne Williamson
2019-06-07T14:19:30-06:00
We are all meant to shine, as children do. As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated by our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~ Marianne Williamson
Stop ignoring that temptation that makes you giggle and flush in hopes that you can find a smugly sensible resolution instead.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2019-06-07T14:20:26-06:00
Stop ignoring that temptation that makes you giggle and flush in hopes that you can find a smugly sensible resolution instead. ~ Tama J. Kieves
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
2019-06-07T14:21:32-06:00
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
You must be very polite with yourself when you are learning something new.

~ Elizabeth Gilbert
2019-06-07T14:22:38-06:00
You must be very polite with yourself when you are learning something new. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; But often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

~ Helen Keller
2019-06-07T14:38:29-06:00
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; But often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. ~ Helen Keller
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

~ Hans Christian Andersen
2019-06-07T14:43:27-06:00
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~ Hans Christian Andersen
Let life get wind of you.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2019-06-07T14:44:30-06:00
Let life get wind of you. ~ Tama J. Kieves
Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world.

~ Rumi
2019-06-07T14:45:20-06:00
Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world. ~ Rumi
Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.

~ Wally Amos
2019-06-07T14:46:06-06:00
Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you. ~ Wally Amos
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

~ Samuel Butler
2019-06-07T14:47:29-06:00
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. ~ Samuel Butler
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.

~ Rumi
2019-06-07T14:48:29-06:00
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. ~ Rumi
Know yourself

~ Ancient Wisdom
2019-06-07T14:50:58-06:00
Know yourself ~ Ancient Wisdom
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

~ Robert Byrne
2019-06-07T14:53:13-06:00
The purpose of life is a life of purpose. ~ Robert Byrne
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

~ Gandhi
2019-06-07T14:55:42-06:00
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~ Gandhi
I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they do their lives.

~ Jim Rohn
2019-06-07T14:56:27-06:00
I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they do their lives. ~ Jim Rohn
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

~ Martin Luther King Jr.
2019-06-07T14:57:33-06:00
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Listen to your life. All moments are key moments.

~ Frederick Buechner
2019-06-07T15:02:49-06:00
Listen to your life. All moments are key moments. ~ Frederick Buechner
A task without a vision is just a job. A vision without a task is just a dream. A vision with a task can change the world.

~ Unknown
2019-06-07T15:04:05-06:00
A task without a vision is just a job. A vision without a task is just a dream. A vision with a task can change the world. ~ Unknown
Deep experience is never peaceful.

~ Henry James
2019-06-07T15:05:02-06:00
Deep experience is never peaceful. ~ Henry James
My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

~ Agnetha Faltskog
2019-06-07T15:05:44-06:00
My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones. ~ Agnetha Faltskog
Belief creates the actual fact.

~ William James
2019-06-07T15:07:34-06:00
Belief creates the actual fact. ~ William James
Change your thoughts and you change your world.

~ Norman Vincent Peale
2019-06-07T15:08:29-06:00
Change your thoughts and you change your world. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.

~ Rabindranath Tagore
2019-06-07T15:09:23-06:00
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible!"

~ Audrey Hepburn
2019-06-07T15:11:41-06:00
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible!" ~ Audrey Hepburn
To cultivate joy, pay attention to what you like

~ Billy Fingers
2019-06-07T15:13:00-06:00
To cultivate joy, pay attention to what you like ~ Billy Fingers
Life unfolds naturally and organically, presenting us with situations which allow us to learn.

~ Melody Beattie
2019-06-07T15:14:13-06:00
Life unfolds naturally and organically, presenting us with situations which allow us to learn. ~ Melody Beattie
We grow by thrusting our roots into the darkness as well as our branches into the light.

~ Dawna Markova
2019-06-07T15:15:56-06:00
We grow by thrusting our roots into the darkness as well as our branches into the light. ~ Dawna Markova
When we learn how to be truly present with our joy and our sorrow, with our longing and our desires, layer upon layer of ourselves and the world are revealed.

~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer
2019-06-07T15:16:57-06:00
When we learn how to be truly present with our joy and our sorrow, with our longing and our desires, layer upon layer of ourselves and the world are revealed. ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

~ Oscar Wilde
2019-06-07T15:17:58-06:00
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. ~ Oscar Wilde
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. He frees himself and shows the way to others. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

~ Mahatma Gandhi
2019-06-07T15:18:45-06:00
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. He frees himself and shows the way to others. Freedom and slavery are mental states. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another\'s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

~ Leo Buscaglia
2019-06-07T15:38:15-06:00
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another\'s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. ~ Leo Buscaglia
For every species alive on the planet today, there are many more that didn’t adapt quickly enough to the challenges they faced... The only way to survive is to change.

~ Oprah Winfrey
2019-06-07T15:39:52-06:00
For every species alive on the planet today, there are many more that didn’t adapt quickly enough to the challenges they faced... The only way to survive is to change. ~ Oprah Winfrey
Candour is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

~ Peggy Noonan
2019-06-07T15:43:37-06:00
Candour is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. ~ Peggy Noonan
The consequences of deep intimacy with yourself, another or the world are completely unpredictable.

~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer
2019-06-07T15:44:14-06:00
The consequences of deep intimacy with yourself, another or the world are completely unpredictable. ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer
No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt
2019-06-07T15:45:41-06:00
No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Turn to nature to pardon some of the difficulty you have to bear.

~ Billy Fingers
2019-06-07T15:46:31-06:00
Turn to nature to pardon some of the difficulty you have to bear. ~ Billy Fingers
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

~ Winston Churchill
2019-06-07T15:47:23-06:00
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ~ Winston Churchill
It's not what we don't know that hurts us, it's what we believe is true that isn't, that does the damage.

~ Melody Beattie
2019-06-07T15:48:11-06:00
It's not what we don't know that hurts us, it's what we believe is true that isn't, that does the damage. ~ Melody Beattie
What is needed, rather than running away, controlling, suppressing or any other resistance, is UNDERSTANDING fear. Than means watch it, learn about it, come in contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape it.

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
2019-06-07T15:49:30-06:00
What is needed, rather than running away, controlling, suppressing or any other resistance, is UNDERSTANDING fear. Than means watch it, learn about it, come in contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape it. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

~ Mahatma Gandhi
2019-06-07T15:50:37-06:00
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Once you recognize within yourself a hunger for something beyond just continuing, once you taste even the possibility of touching the meaning enfolded in your life, you can never be completely content with just going through the motions.

~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer
2019-06-07T15:51:18-06:00
Once you recognize within yourself a hunger for something beyond just continuing, once you taste even the possibility of touching the meaning enfolded in your life, you can never be completely content with just going through the motions. ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

~ M. Scott
2019-06-07T15:52:57-06:00
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. ~ M. Scott
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. If you cannot hear it, you will spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.

~ Howard Thurman
2019-06-07T15:53:58-06:00
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. If you cannot hear it, you will spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls. ~ Howard Thurman
When you are happy, you don't have a heartbeat. You have a hum in your chest that makes you want to laugh all the time.

~ Jann Arden
2019-06-07T15:55:40-06:00
When you are happy, you don't have a heartbeat. You have a hum in your chest that makes you want to laugh all the time. ~ Jann Arden
Through fear of knowing who we really are, we sidestep our own destiny, which leaves us hungry in a famine of our own making.

~ Dawna Markova
2019-06-07T15:56:20-06:00
Through fear of knowing who we really are, we sidestep our own destiny, which leaves us hungry in a famine of our own making. ~ Dawna Markova
You don't have to hold your head, higher than your heart.

~ Jack Johnson
2019-06-07T15:57:06-06:00
You don't have to hold your head, higher than your heart. ~ Jack Johnson
The healthiest response to life is joy.

~ Deepak Chopra
2019-06-07T15:57:51-06:00
The healthiest response to life is joy. ~ Deepak Chopra
You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"

~ George Bernard Shaw
2019-06-07T15:58:48-06:00
You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" ~ George Bernard Shaw
You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

~ Christopher Columbus
2019-06-07T15:59:27-06:00
You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. ~ Christopher Columbus
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

~ Mahatma Gandhi
2019-06-07T16:00:07-06:00
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

~ Oscar Wilde
2019-06-07T16:00:43-06:00
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. ~ Oscar Wilde
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

~ Mark Twain
2019-06-07T16:01:59-06:00
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the dessert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

~ Mary Oliver
2019-06-07T16:02:37-06:00
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the dessert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. ~ Mary Oliver
Tell me something you have not told yourself for a very long time. Let it come up from your belly, so we can be surprised together.

~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer
2019-06-07T16:03:23-06:00
Tell me something you have not told yourself for a very long time. Let it come up from your belly, so we can be surprised together. ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

~ Winston Churchill
2019-06-07T16:04:07-06:00
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~ Winston Churchill
We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvellously who we were born to be.

~ Anne Lamott
2019-06-07T16:05:51-06:00
We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvellously who we were born to be. ~ Anne Lamott
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

~ Charles Darwin
2019-06-07T16:06:54-06:00
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. ~ Charles Darwin
Until you are fully using what/who you are currently, the universe will not give you access to more of you.

~ Jody Larkin
2019-06-07T16:07:50-06:00
Until you are fully using what/who you are currently, the universe will not give you access to more of you. ~ Jody Larkin
We all have islands of fear inside us, but we also have continents of wisdom and truth.

~ Dawna Markova
2019-06-07T16:08:26-06:00
We all have islands of fear inside us, but we also have continents of wisdom and truth. ~ Dawna Markova
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.

~ Jim Rohn
2019-06-07T16:09:07-06:00
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing. ~ Jim Rohn
I think the key to a life well lived, is to be gentle on your soul.

~ Jann Arden
2019-06-07T16:11:17-06:00
I think the key to a life well lived, is to be gentle on your soul. ~ Jann Arden
"Everything will be alright" is not the same as "everything will stay the same"

~ Seth Godin
2019-06-07T16:12:09-06:00
"Everything will be alright" is not the same as "everything will stay the same" ~ Seth Godin
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it's understanding the necessity of both.

~ Brene Brown
2019-06-07T16:13:00-06:00
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it's understanding the necessity of both. ~ Brene Brown
Life unfolds naturally and organically, presenting us with situations which allow us to learn.

~ Melody Beattie
2019-06-07T16:13:36-06:00
Life unfolds naturally and organically, presenting us with situations which allow us to learn. ~ Melody Beattie
Humans make stuff up, then they believe it.

~ Billy Fingers
2019-06-07T16:14:08-06:00
Humans make stuff up, then they believe it. ~ Billy Fingers

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