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“One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, "I love you", "I'm sorry", "I appreciate you", "I'm proud of you"...whatever you're feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share
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“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
~G.K. Chesterton
Sending love and prayers to all the beautiful souls who may suffer the residue of war. ~A
“And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:
Your seeds shall live in my body,
And the buds of your tomorrow
shall blossom in my heart,
And your fragrance shall be my breath,
And together, we shall rejoice through
all the seasons.”
~Khalil Gibran
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We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its
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“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you...
~Pablo Neruda
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“In the castle of lurid Smiles,
In the realm of void Ecstasy,
In the clutches of mad Nostalgia -
There flowed a river of serene Tranquility,
Charmed by the halo of yet unknown.
And there she trespassed -
To hear the resonance of her soul,
To touch the rainbow of her sun,
To
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“By living a life based on wisdom and truth, one can discover the divinity of the soul, its union to the universe, the supreme peace and contentment which comes from satisfying the inner drive for self discovery.”
~Muata Ashby, Ancient Egyptian Proverbs
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I left smiles on your wordless lips
The night roads- dismal and narrow,
dream’s path remains shadowy wide
as our lone hearts felt that arrow
~Munia Khan
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“Nothing burns like the cold. But only for a while. Then it gets inside you and starts to fill you up, and after a while you don't have the strength to fight it.”
~ George R.R. Martin
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I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was. Likewise, I never imagined that home might be something I would miss.
~ Ransom Riggs
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“A quiet, secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work, which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor —
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“Drops of kindness,
dripping down to another,
as a drop into the ocean
watering, our own heart.
Love is the guide, teacher
and humble servant-
It waters our cells.
Open to love,
be love.”
~Ulonda Faye