#inspiration

"Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. - Mrs. Whatsit"

"When I lost her I gained the future, because she was my past, and she freed me to become who I was born to be."

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."

"Tomorrow will be better.”“But what if it’s not?” I asked.“Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better."

"Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere."

"When is now."

"Don’t hide what you have just because people tell you it’s not normal. I have known normal people…and guess what? They are as boring as hell..."

"People are not being reached in the context of the body of Christ--they're like newborn babies being left on a doorstep somewhere to feed and care for themselves."

"The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it."

"The erruption of feelings & emotions that follows a near-death exerience, or any event that causes us to stop & look deeply at the reality of our lives, is ripe with the potential for insight & clarity."

"Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together."

"I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that."

"When a man finds this kind of woman, he will go all out for her knowing that she will not be a letdown."

"True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return..."

"Some women seem so voluptuous in every sense, richly bountiful and fertile with generous gifts of plenty, sensual and confident in their female strength that they are called "earth mothers."That’s how some days feel—when they are bountiful and fertile with the power of our imagination."

"No thought is a stupid thought, those who are thoughtless are thought of as stupid."

"How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem, when at the same time it's so slow and sweet and everlasting."

"...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little bit of eternity. That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people."

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

"Every woman should see herself looking uniquely breathtaking, in something tailored to celebrate her body, so that she is better able to appreciate her own beauty and better equipped to withstand the ideals of our narrow-waisted, narrow- minded culture."