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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too —even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling,

Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (via quote-book)

A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement. She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!” The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied, “Well, I made a difference to that one!” The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved.

Adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley.

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Many thanks to Peaceful Daily for this wonder excerpt!

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Audrey Hepburn (via leilockheart)

(Source: you-are-so-mainstream)

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?


- Stephen Levine

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you.

William Arthur Ward

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

Dr. Seuss

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

- John F. Kennedy, 35th US president (1917-1963)

We need another JFK. STAT!

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao Tzu

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

 Robert A. Heinlein, science-fiction author (1907-1988)

You are not your bra size, nor are you the width of your waist, nor are you the slenderness of your calves. You are not your hair color, your skin color, nor are you a shade of lipstick. Your shoe size is of no consequence. You are not defined by the amount of attention you get from males, females, or any combination thereof. You are not the number of sit-ups you can do, nor are you the number of calories in a day. You are not your mustache. You are not the hair on your legs. You are not a little red dress. You are no amalgam of these things. You are the content of your character. You are the ambitions that drive you. You are the goals that you set. You are the things that you laugh at and the words that you say. You are the thoughts you think and the things you wonder. You are beautiful and desirable not for the clique you attend, but for the spark of life within you that compels you to make your life a full and meaningful one. You are beautiful not for the shape of the vessel, but for the volume of the soul it carries.

Unknown (via atomos)

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ‘till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.

Dr. Seuss