|
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.--Carol Mosely-Braun
|
The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
-Randy Pausch |
“Historically, photography has always been about manipulation,” Dunleavy says. “Even the smile is a form of manipulation, because it may mask the true feelings of the subject.”
(d. dunleavy) LINK |
"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you."
- Friedrich Neitzsche |
Latin American proverb:
"Para sacar un clavo se necesita otro." Truer words were never spoken. :) |
I'm sorry, you must have mistaken me for someone else. My name is Anastasia Beaverhausen.
-Karen Walker |
Kindness does wonderful things to a face. --Dixie Doyle
|
“Abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace."
~ Krishna |
Everyday is a new sky rising, a time of transformation and renewal. Everyday is a fresh chance to make your dreams happen. ~ Kitty Terin
|
On Courage:
"Giving up security takes guts. Bohemians have the courage to reject mainstream society, to follow an ideal and forsake praise and security; to alienate family; to be, as Jack Kerouac put it, "yourself at whatever cost" (p. 22)"
~Laren Stover (2004 - New York: Bullfinch Press) "The Bohemian Manifesto: A Fieldguide to Living on the Edge." :moonstars: |
"This is love: To fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."
~ Jalal ad-Din Rumi |
more Rumi on love
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” -Rumi |
"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable." Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, translated by Stephen Mitchell
(and part of my horoscope from Rob Brezsny... Apparently somewhere in there there is a message for me this week. . . now if it could only smack me over the head. . . ) |
bounty
"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands."
Richard Bach |
Stolen from a friend's facebook page today...
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person. ~ Audrey Hepburn
|
It took me time, but I learned.
Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person, not only changed, but for the better.
Arthur Gordon |
If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those who were. Aldous Huxley |
There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world; it’s the beginning of a new life.
unattributed |
Even a spiritualist has to let go
Letting go doesn't mean we don't care. Letting go doesn't mean we shut down.
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible--controlling that which we cannot--and instead, focus on what is possible--which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible. Melody Beattie |
On Letting Go author unknown To "let go" does not mean to stop caring. It means I can't do it for someone else. To "let go" is not to cut myself off. It's the realization that I can't control another. To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands. To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another. It's to make the most of myself. To "let go" is not to care for, but to care about. To "let go" is not to fix, but to be supportive. To "let go" is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. To "let go" is not to be in the middle, arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies. To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept. To "let go" is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them. To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it. To "let go" is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future. To "let go" is to fear less and to love more. |
| All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:54 AM. |
ButchFemmePlanet.com
All information copyright of BFP 2018