Real Grief, Real Joy
“I hope that when there is laughter, it’s laughter made wise by having known real grief…and when there is grief, it is made wise by having known real joy.” – Kaveh Akbar
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What Scares You
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Mary Schmich
Continue reading →Getting to Where You Need to Go
“You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.” – Amy Poehler
Continue reading →Handling Our Fears
“How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.” – Judy Blume
Continue reading →Never Say Never
“Never say never. Because limits, like fears are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan
Continue reading →Sadness and Joy
“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.” – Nicholas Sparks
Continue reading →Choose to Act Differently
“It will take guts to admit that you have behaved in a way that prevents you from being your better self, and then choose to act differently.” – Sidney Poitier
Continue reading →Understanding Yourself
“Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you.” – C. S. Lewis
Continue reading →The State of Being Worried
“A great many people do now seem to think that the mere state of being worried is in itself meritorious. I don’t think it is. We must, if it so happens, give our lives for others: but even while we’re … Continue reading →
Failure is the True Test of Greatness
“Someone who has never failed somewhere, that person cannot be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.” – Herman Melville
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