cnclark
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Don't let the tamed ones tell you how to live.
The older I get, the more I see how women are described as having gone mad, when what they’ve actually become is knowledgeable and powerful and f*cking furious. ~ Sophie Heawood
Let us be grateful for the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom!
“You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.” ~ Martin Luther
Don't start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Every day is a fresh start; each day a new beginning. Every morning we wake up, is the first day of the rest of our lives.
“The air you just breathed Was once inside a forest. Or a whale. Or someone laughing in 1924. Nothing here is separate. It just keeps changing hands.” - Dr. Mary O’Kane.
Maybe happiness has been waiting in places we've been too busy to notice; in the shade of a tree, in the warmth of the sun, and in a moment that asks nothing from us except to be present. 🦋
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference. (Wishing I was there....) 🥲
When the wild life bird sings inside your soul at the beginning of each sunrise, whispering her truths, where does she tell you to go? What does she tell you to do? Follow her guidance. Your day is a gift to be opened, an adventure to be unraveled.
Standing on the moon With nothing else to do; A lovely view of heaven But I'd rather be with you. Lyric by: Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
Change can begin the moment you invite your curiosity to become stronger than fear.
The strongest people I know aren't the ones who never get hurt. They're the ones who refuse to let hurt turn them into someone they're not. 💫
Learn to deal with people for who they are, not who you want them to be. Life gets a lot easier when you stop expecting apple juice from oranges. ~ Rigel J. Dawson Artwork by Catrin Welz-Stein
For every hand that reached, for every gaze that stayed, for laughter that passed like bread, I give thanks. Maybe not loud enough, but with the whole heart of someone who knows how rare and beautiful it is to be seen, to be met, to walk together, even for a while, on this wide, generous earth.
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the rose. Image: "Kindness Blossom" by Federica Muraro
Listen, it is because I dove into the abyss that I am beginning to love the abyss I am made of. ~Clarice Lispector
When we can be still enough long enough, we inhabit a way of being that allows us to map the foundation of life. 💫
A kind word, a patient moment, or a simple smile may seem ordinary to you, but to someone else, it could become a memory they never forget. ✨
You are stardust— a spark from the oldest fires, woven from whispers of galaxies and dreams. Don’t shrink to fit the world— you were born to expand it with your light. 💫
Some journeys are measured in miles. The most important ones are measured in the courage to become someone new. Every suitcase carries a memory. Every butterfly carries hope. 🦋💫
The life you're meant to build won't be measured by someone else's expectations. It will be measured by the peace you feel when you're living in alignment with who you truly are. 💫
When you understand that every forest is having a conversation, every garden is singing beneath the soil, and every puddle contains a universe, you are remembering what concrete made you forget. ~ Glamis Barbie [missing her Midwest peeps HUGELY]
“sometimes you just need space to yourself. time to reflect and heal in the silence. a need to lower the sails and drift for a while. lost in the sea and your own madness.” -JM Storm
We don't always witness the ripple effect of our compassion. A kind word, a helping hand, or a moment of grace may travel farther than we'll ever know, quietly changing someone's day; or even their life. 💫
Sometimes... There's no silver lining there's just the cloud, And the time it takes to pass, And the people who will walk with you until it does
