I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
— Diane Ackerman
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]
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“There are too many mediocre things in life. Love should not be one of them”.— David to Frankie in the movie “Dream for an Insomniac”
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OH NO … this is not as simple a thought as you are nodding your head in agreement with right now! Let’s not stop our thoughts [...]
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“Too often, our lives cease working because we cease working at life, because we are unwilling to take responsibility for things as they are, and to work with our difficulties. … It is so much easier to find fault, to blame, to believe that what is needed is a change on the outside, an escape [...]
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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.
—Buckminster Fuller
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Think about the incredible change that occurs during metamorphosis … from crawling to flying .. from dull to spectacular … from fat & sluggish to light and airy. What metamorphosis can you go through? Nothing is too great a [...]
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“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince)
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I always try to make “right” decisions. But if I only search with my eyes, I make superficial ones. When I stop and allow my heart to have input, then truly [...]
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“This morning I woke up and really wanted to have a soda and a pizza for breakfast … but I didn’t. It seemed more logical, more ‘normal’ to have toast and juice. I think that on my death-bed, I am really going to regret all that pizza that I didn’t eat.
On the other [...]
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“One of my favorite sayings I got off an old soda bottle: NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN. To me that means you’ll get out of life about what you’re willing to put in. All champions have made great sacrifices to win their victories. So when someone talks to me about their goals and dreams, I ask [...]
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“Throughout your life, there is a voice only you can hear. A voice which mythologists label ‘the call.’ A call to the value of your own life. The choice of risk and individual bliss over the known and the secure.
You may choose not to hear your spirit. You may prefer to build a life [...]
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