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kaisarose: _______ It’s your hand, your heart, your lip that is...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:21:05 -0500

_______

It’s your hand, your heart, your lip

that is all.

"You strengthen people by sending them your loving thoughts. People are doing the best they know how..."

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:40:06 -0500

“You strengthen people by sending them your loving thoughts. People are doing the best they know how given their backgrounds, circumstances, and beliefs. Rather than judging or criticizing other people, ask yourself what you can do to make their lives better. As you send people your loving thoughts, you strengthen them and support them in attracting good things.”

- Orin (via spycnsweet)

"Here’s the thing: if we have goals and dreams, and we want to do our best and if we love people and..."

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:27:54 -0500

“Here’s the thing: if we have goals and dreams, and we want to do our best and if we love people and don’t want to hurt them or lose them, we should feel pain when things go wrong. The point isn’t to live without any regrets, the point is to not hate ourselves for having them … We need to learn to love the flawed imperfect things we create and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn’t remind us that we did badly, it reminds us that we know we can do better.”

- Kathryn Schulz: Don’t regret regret | TED.com (via 52hearts)

j-in-j-land: Shortcut of the Day: Ellie Davies

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:25:37 -0500

j-in-j-land:

Shortcut of the Day: Ellie Davies

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Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:40:06 -0500

"A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical..."

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:25:05 -0500

“A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.”

- Wayne Dyer (via thingsandschemes)

2011 Simplify the Holidays Challenge

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:40:06 -0500

2011 Simplify the Holidays Challenge:

radiatortunes:

The Center for the New American Dream’s 2011 Simplify the Holidays Challenge offers plenty of ideas for reducing your consumption around the holidays and having a healthier and happier Christmas.

simplici-tea: Near Bailey Island, MaineNovember 26, 2011Film

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:05 -0500

simplici-tea:

Near Bailey Island, Maine
November 26, 2011
Film

"If popular psychological wisdom has it that you have to love yourself before you can love another,..."

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:41:05 -0500

“If popular psychological wisdom has it that you have to love yourself before you can love another, my story suggests that you have to love life before you can care about anything. The wager is that, to some small but irreducible extent, one must be enamored with existence and occasionally even enchanted in the face of it in order to be capable of donating some of one’s scarce mortal resources to the service of others.”

- jane bennett ‘the enchantment of modern life’

(via katrinablair)

whatannaloves: (via Secret Holiday & Co. — “IT’S OK”...

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:31:06 -0500

whatannaloves:

(via Secret Holiday & Co. — “IT’S OK” Affirmation Banner)

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Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:40:05 -0500

"The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or..."

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:27:05 -0500

“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”

- Bob Moawad (via storygoes)

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Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:40:06 -0500

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach..."

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:21:06 -0500

““I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.””

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (via shesherealready

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Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:40:06 -0500

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Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:45:06 -0500

"We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable,..."

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:58:05 -0500

““We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.””

- E.E. Cummings (via thenightdescending)

lylaandblu: imgTumble

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:43:05 -0500

lylaandblu:

imgTumble

elephantonawire: Print from workisnotajob. Via Design is Mine.

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:41:06 -0400

elephantonawire:

Print from workisnotajob.

Via Design is Mine.

gerilyn: My First Artist Statement by Amy Rice on Flickr.

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:22:05 -0400

gerilyn:

My First Artist Statement by Amy Rice on Flickr.