Inspire Me Sunday

Follow your heart, but take your brain with you.

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After a While
by Veronica A. Shoffstall

After a while you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn
that love doesn’t mean leaning
and company doesn’t always mean security.
And you begin to learn
that kisses aren’t contracts
and presents aren’t promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of woman, not the grief of a child
and you learn
to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow’s ground is
too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down
in mid-flight.
After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn
with every goodbye, you learn.

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It has been said that we need just three things in life: Something to do, something to look forward to, and someone to love.

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Do you agree? Would you trade out one thing for another?

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Life is short and life is fragile.

It isn't too soon to make a decision.
It isn't too late to make a change.

Say what you need to say.
Do what you want to do.

Life doesn't wait. We shouldn't either.

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We can't change what we don't confront.

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Is there something in life you're not confronting?

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Find life experiences and swallow them whole. Travel. Meet many people. Go down some dead ends and explore dark alleys. Try everything. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life.

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Are you pursuing life?

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Tell me how.

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But the point is to live.

The Myth of Sisyphus

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I want to live how my heart and soul are happiest, I think that's the point.

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I want to live honestly and authentically.

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I want to be fully aware of myself, but more aware of others.

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I want to mind my path, but be open to detour.

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I want to be moral, but not innocent.

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I want to freely give, without being frivolous.

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I want.

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I need.

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But, whatever, the point is to live.

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The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

Indian proverb

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I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

Anonymous

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Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.

Deepak Chopra

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from animalpicturebeautifulanimals.com

These days I'm living and breathing quotes and inspirational thoughts, soaking up wisdom and encouragement. It's been my routine to post the ones that touch me most here on this blog.

Today it's your turn to share a passage, a scripture, or a lyric. Something that moves you.

Inspire me.

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God dwells within you, as you.

Hindu belief, as shared

by Elizabeth Gilbert in EAT, PRAY, LOVE

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The spiritual life is not just an interesting religious idea, or a hoped-for berth in heaven. The spiritual life has earthly dimension--it is life that you can taste, and smell, and touch, and see, and hear. It is reality.

Leonard Sweet, PhD

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From a short story, a sweet romantic adventure called THE OFFSHORE PIRATE, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (written in 1920):

And courage to me meant ploughing through that dull gray mist that comes down on life--not only overriding people and circumstances but overriding the bleakness of living. A sort of insistence on the value of life and the worth of transient things.

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LIVE your dream

show COMPASSION

CREATE your own happiness

follow your HEART

ENJOY the little things

LAUGH out loud

be your BEST self

CHERISH every moment

DREAM big

EMBRACE every possibility

DISCOVER your passion

BELIEVE in miracles

CREATE peace

make a WISH

be SPONTANEOUS

REMEMBER to breathe

SING in the rain

fall in LOVE

TODAY is the day

anonymous, from a wall hanging I got last week. it hangs prominently in my dining room

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The road ahead lies within.

Anonymous

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All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why--really know--it will come...

Alice Sebold, THE LOVELY BONES

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Truth and a Right Choice
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"There comes a time in the spiritual journey when you start making choices from a very different place. And if a choice lines up so that it supports truth, health, happiness, wisdom and love, it’s the right choice."

 - Angeles Arrien, anthropologist

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This quote, so well said, could have been whispered from my own heart.

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Can you relate to its sentiment?

Change is Coming to SSW

Clearer focus, truer themes. Better content.

Keep It Real Tuesdays will be personal. What's going on in life? What are my struggles and experiences? What vulnerabilities (and strengths) can I show? And through what can we relate? Live this human condition with me.

Writing on Thursdays will be dedicated to the craft, and will include posts about projects and works-in-progress, author features, book reviews, successes and failures, and all that writerly jazz.

Inspire Me Sundays will have thought-stirring quotes, simple motivations, and inspiring sentiments. Let's consider who we are, what we're doing in this place, and where we want to go.

It all starts here tomorrow.