Cracked or Broken? From the Quote of the Week Files; February 29, 2016

Feeling Cracked or Broken?

Two Quotes / A Song / A Philosophy

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The Quotes...

"Maybe, it's more like you said before, all of us being cracked open. Like each of us starts out as a watertight vessel. And these things happen-these people leave us, or don't love us, or don't get us, or we don't get them, and we lose and fail and hurt one another. And the vessel starts to crack open in places. And I mean, yeah, once the vessel cracks open, the end becomes inevitable...But there is all this time between when the cracks start to open up and when we finally fall apart. And it's only in that time that we can see each other, because we see out of ourselves through our cracks and into others through theirs. When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never looking inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out.”

John Green, Paper Towns

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"We're all broken. We all have cracks. It's not about making it through life in one piece it's about narrowing the gap between the fissures so we don't shatter."

Riley Murphy

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The Song...

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen; Anthem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDTph7mer3I

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The Philosophy

Kintsugi

 The Art of Healing our Wounds with Gold

"In an age that worships youth, perfection and the new, the art of kintsugi retains a particular wisdom – as applicable to our own lives as it is to a broken tea cup. The care and love expended on the shattered pots should lend us the confidence to respect what is damaged and scarred, vulnerable and imperfect – starting with ourselves and those around us."

Alain de Botton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBUTQkaSSTY

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

Keep Going; From the Quote of the Week Files; February 22, 2016

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Just keep going. This isn’t some competition to see who can have it all together at all times. This is life. Life is not a competition, it’s a series of hurdles. The hurdles get bigger as you get stronger. What you faced last year probably seems small and ridiculous compared to the hurdles you are facing today. But that’s just how it works: the more character you build, the greater the battlefield on the horizon.

Build character anyway.

Show up anyway.

Love anyway.

Dig anyway.

Plant anyway.

Choose anyway.

Define anyway.

Be there anyway.

Keep going anyway.

 

There won’t be a trophy at the end of this thing. No medal to prove you won the race. There will just be a lot of grey hair. And people who will say some words about you. And a life that flashed before your face so quickly. You’ll be the only one who can swallow hard and answer these questions honestly: Did I love them right? Did I try my hardest? Did I give all that I had? Did I face myself, even when I was the hardest one in my own orbit to face? Did I take the steps to get better? Did I sacrifice? Did I push, even when I didn’t want to? Did I keep going? Even in the midst of hurdles, and blows to the face, and junk, and barriers, and fears, and doubts that huddled close to my ear? Did I keep going anyway?

 

Hannah Brencher

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!​

A Quote or two about Attitude​; From the Quote of the Week Files, February 15, 2016

A Quote or two about Attitude​

"Wherever you go , whatever the temperature, always bring your own sunshine. It's all in the attitude." 

J. D'Angelo

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“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.” 

​Walt Whitman​

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

Walt Whitman

A Leap Year Quote; From the Quote of the Week Files, February 8, 2016

It's Leap Year, Have you taken a Leap yet?

"Leap and the net will appear." 

Zen Saying

“Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.”

Margaret Shepard

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Wishing you a most beautiful Leap \   / Year wherever this may find you!

Emerson Quotes; From the Quote of the Week Files, February 1, 2016

Emerson Quotes for the 1st Day of February!

“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Wishing you a most BEAUTIFUL day wherever this may find you!