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The tears of the red, yellow, black, brown and white man are all the same. ~Martin H. Fischer
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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us, That it hardly becomes any of us To talk about the rest of us. ~Edward Wallis Hoch |
Don't know author...but good anyway...
I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.
I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back. I've learned that just because someone... doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. I've learned that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts. I've learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something. I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do but to the best you can do. I've learned that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it. I've learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. I've learned that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides. I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be. I've learned that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think. I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them. I've learned that you can keep going long after you think you can't. I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you. I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place. I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. I've learned that learning to forgive takes practice. I've learned that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it. I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score. I've learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up. I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel. I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love. I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated. I've learned that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it. I've learned that your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't biological. I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself. I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief. I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. I've learned that sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't want to. I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do. I've learned that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions. I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change. I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever. I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different. I've learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process. I've learned that there are many ways of falling and staying in love. I've learned that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves get farther in life. I've learned that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most. I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you. I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help. I've learned that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains. I've learned that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us. I've learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being. I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon. I've learned that although the word "love" can have many different meaning, it loses value when overly used. I've learned that it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe. |
“You don't get to choose how you are going to die or when. You can only decide how you're going to live.” ~Joan Baez
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"As I started to picture the trees in the storm, the answer began to dawn on me. The trees in the storm don't try to stand up straight and tall and erect. They allow themselves to bend and be blown with the wind. They understand the power of letting go. Those trees and those branches that try too hard to stand up strong and straight are the ones that break. Now is not the time for you to be strong, Julia, or you, too, will break." -- Julia Butterfly Hill |
"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar." - -- Raymond Lindquist |
"Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?" -- Leo Buscaglia |
"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." -- Author Unknown |
Does the world change when we understand who we are? No, but we see it more clearly. Do we change when we understand who we are? No, but because we can see ourselves more clearly, we may start to make different choices in our lives. So our lives may change dramatically. Once we start this growth process, we can't go back - like a flower reaches toward the sunlight we continue our journey within.
-Lissa Coffey |
M is for...
"And all alone the moose he stood, laughing in a shot up wood."
- Lennart Hyland This quote makes me absurdly happy. |
When one begins to practice simplicity, the ego is deprived
of the very strategy by which it sustains itself. Nothing will deflate the ego more effectively than to be recognized for what it is. It lives by pretension. It dies when the mask is torn away and the stark reality is exposed to the gaze of others. Simplicity also avails in braking the tyranny of things. Ostentation, artificiality, ornamentation, pretentious style, luxury—all require things. One requires few things to be one’s self, one’s age, and one’s moral, intellectual, or spiritual stature. What one is does not depend upon what one has. Albert E. Day |
“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.” ~Oscar Wilde
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Suck It Up Princess.. It's Not The End Of The World!
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"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - Albus Dumbledore
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Interfice errorem, diligere errantem |
I am such a fan of Julia Butterfly Hill. Great quote!
I recommend her book: The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods Quote:
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“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”--Kerouac
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Don't knock masturbation - it's sex with someone I love.
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If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."
— John Lennon "Berry's On Top is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done Chuck Berry songs, but to get that feel is really hard. It's the rock and roll thing--the push-pull and the rhythm of it." — Joe Perry, Aerosmith "All of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks." — Bob Seger, Rock 'n' Roll Never Forgets "There's only one true king of rock 'n' roll. His name is Chuck Berry." — Stevie Wonder "[My mama] said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but you're no Chuck Berry.'" — Jerry Lee Lewis "To me, Chuck Berry always was the epitome of rhythm and blues playing, rock and roll playing. It was beautiful, effortless, and his timing was perfection. He is rhythm supreme. He plays that lovely double-string stuff, which I got down a long time ago, but I'm still getting the hang of. Later I realized why he played that way--because of the sheer physical size of the guy. I mean, he makes one of those big Gibsons look like a ukulele!" — Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones "Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers." — Cub Koda "While Elvis was a country boy who sang "black" to some degree ... Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country music was filtered through an R&B sensibility." — Clive Anderson "Well, Chuck Berry is the first singer-songwriter I know of." — Roy Orbison "You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless." — Smokey Robinson Chuck Berry is "a musical scientist who discovered a cure for the blues.'' —Anthony Kiedis, Red Hot Chili Peppers "the epitome of what it is to be a rock 'n' roll guitar player, songwriter and singer." — Joan Jett |
Ernest Hemingway
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. |
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