I don't care what you say anymore; this is my life. Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone. Billy Joel

Lost in the Forest

-Pablo Neruda-

Lost in the forest, I broke off a dark twig
And lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips:
Maybe it was the voice of the rain crying,
A cracked bell, or a torn heart.
Something from far off it seemed
Deep and secret to me, hidden by the earth,
A shout muffled by huge autumns,
By the moist half-open darkness of the leaves.
Wakening from the dreaming forest there, the hazel sprig
Sang under my tongue, its drifting fragrance
Climbed up through my conscious mind
As if suddenly the roots I had left behind
Cried out to me, the land I had lost with my childhood ---
And I stopped, wounded by the wandering scent.

I exist as I am, that is enough.
--Walt Whitman

One smile, can start a friendship.
One word, can end a fight.
One look, can save a relationship.
One person, can change your life.

(unknown)


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We must be our own,
before we can be another's.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

a 14 year old girl in my congregations youth group came up with this statement:

>The phrase I believe that sums up the decision to be made by my generation.

"Or shall I hear the name of Plato and never read his book?" - Reading, Thoreau.<

Which lead me to this quote: "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you wind up being governed by your inferiors" ~ Plato

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Katniss~~

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
--Charlie Chaplin

as the gnuspas span across the sky
the wonderdorf starts to catch my eye
the fibblezire is not heard but seen
as his harsh breath is pale blue-green
and all have wanted to try and fly
but the gnuspas span across the sky

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“You can fool some of the people some of the time — and that’s enough.”

--Roger Price

This being human is a guest-house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
Who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture.
Still, treat each guest honorably.
Who may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

~ Rumi

“Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.” ― Santosh Kalwar

“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change. Those who seek the truth, are never harmed by it. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.” ― Marcus Aurelius

“We don't get to chose what is true. We only get to choose what we do about it.”
― Kami Garcia

If light is in your heart, you will find your way home

~ Rumi

(possibly my favorite quote of all)

I believe that all of the things you do for other people, you're actually doing for yourself. Life is like a bank account.
Random acts of kindness, telling the truth, being loving, showing up for yourself and others...these are deposits.
Getting fucked up, fucking other people over, letting your ego lead your choices...the things we think are fun after midnight, don't seem so entertaining at eleven in the morning--these are withdrawals.
If we give more than we take, we progress.
If we take more than we give, we regress.

~K. Cutrone

Nothing will work unless you do.
--Maya Angelou

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
--Booker T. Washington

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
--Henry Ford