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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Have you missed a quote? Check out 

http://sometimesijustneedalittleinspiration.blogspot.com/

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

Be the Light and Shine; From the Quote of the Week Files; January 25, 2016

BE THE LIGHT AND SHINE

“Let today be the day you embrace your beautiful spirit and shine light for those living in the dark. Light their path so the road traveled will be seen more clearly. You never know how much a simple act of kindness is appreciated if you never try. Be that candle for someone today and shine bright.” 

Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Sweet Destiny

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Word of the Year Update!

​It's still not to late to choose the word that will guide you for the year. 

Above are some of the words that some of the QoftheW members have used as a 

compass to help guide and direct their decisions for the year!.

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

Seeing Beauty ~ An Inspiring Story

The Power of your Thoughts; From the Quote of the Week Files; January 18, 2016

The Power of your Thoughts

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If we understood the power of our thoughts,

we would guard them more closely.

If we understood the awesome power of our words,

we would prefer silence to almost anything negative.

In our thoughts and words we create

our own weaknesses and our own strengths.

Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts.

We can always replace negative with positive.

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Bettie Eadie

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The mind is everything.  What you think you become.

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Buddha

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Word of the Year Update...

It's not to late to email your word of the year. So far we have​...

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Email me yours and I will create a Poster for you!!!

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

Yes you Can; From the Quote of the Week Files, January 11, 2016

ASSUME YOU CAN:

Expand your idea of what is possible. Dream and imagine and explore the fertile territory beyond your current assumptions.

Whatever your situation in life may be, you are not confined to it. With imagination, focus, commitment and effort, you can move yourself to an even better, more fulfilling reality.

Beyond the existing horizon of your experience are countless possibilities you have not yet considered. Dare to go where you have not gone before, to see life in new and empowering ways.

There is a very real path to the fulfillment of your deepest, most positive and profound desires. Instead of convincing yourself and others that you can’t get there, open yourself to more possibilities.
If you assume you cannot get there, that very assumption will keep you chained to where you are. Yet when you assume you can, you will.

Beyond your past experience, beyond your current assumptions, are powerful new possibilities. Imagine those possibilities, find positive, sustained energy in them, and bring them gloriously to life.

Ralph Marston

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Word of the year Update!!!

Have you chosen that one word that will sum up who you want to be or how you how you want to live in 2016 ( remember this year is a leap year so you have an extra day to be that person!). Some Quote of the Week members have emailed their words... Morph, Awareness, Treasure, Clear, ​Authentic, Enough, Seek, Embrace and mine is magic.  Send yours in and I will create a poster for you!! 

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

Magic Quotes for the New Year ` From the Quote of the Week File January 4, 2016

Quotes about the Magic Within to Start the New Year!

"He is a dull observer whose experience has not taught him the reality and force of magic, and well as of chemistry."

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”

W.B. Yeats
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A Magic Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtb11P1FWnc

Quote of the Week Member, Kristen, sent this in last year when the QoftheW also was based on the concept of magic. It is her favorite Coldplay and according to Kristen, "the video’s a little out there, but you get the idea."  

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One Word; One Year Exercise

Happy New Year Everybody! Now that 2015 is over it is time to begin the new year with a word(s) (not a resolution) that will serve as a compass on who you want to be or how you want to live.

For 2015 my word was OPA! It served me well and I will miss it. In the past my words have been: Expand, Gratitude, Possibilities, Openness, Memento Mori, Grace and 525,600 (which represents the number of minutes we have in a year).

My guiding light word for the year is Magic and it is my intention to make it a visible part of my everyday life!!!  So let’s make some magic in 2016!

What about you? What will be your word(s) that will guide you through 2016? Please Share!

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Did you miss a Quote this year?  Link below to see a presentation of all 2015 Quotes

https://docs.com/raoul-nolan/4631/the-quotes-of-the-week-for-2015

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Wishing you a magical day wherever this may find you.

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Preview YouTube video Coldplay - Magic (Official video)

Coldplay - Magic (Official video)

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Preview YouTube video Coldplay - Magic (Officiao)

Time to Reflect as the New Year Approaches ` From the Quote of the Week Files December 28, 2015

Time to Reflect as the New Year Approaches

“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”

John Dewey

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At the end of each year, I ask myself two questions:

What do I want to create in this New Year? And, perhaps even more importantly, What do I want to let go of?
 
Patricia Digh

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Some other things to think about when reflecting on this past year... 

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Next Week...

The Word of the Year ~ What will your word be for 2016/

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Wishing you a most Beautiful New Year wherever this may find you!

Inspiring Story ~ The American St Nick

The American St Nick

A great story about a small act of kindness that happened 70 years ago that is still remember to this day

http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/american-saint-nicolas/

http://www.americanstnick.com/

Christmas Quotes and Random Musings ~ Quote of the Week, December 21, 2015

Christmas Quotes and Random Musings

“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.” 

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Favorite Christmas Movie Quote

It's Christmas Eve, it's the one night of the year where we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more...for a couple of hours out of the whole year we are the people that we always hoped we would be. It's a miracle, it's really sort of a miracle, because it happens every Christmas Eve...

"You have to do something, you have to take a chance, you do have to get involved. There are people that are having trouble making their miracle happen. There are people who don't have enough to eat, there are people that are cold...you can go out and say "hello" to these people. You can take an old blanket out of the closet and say "here" you can make them a sandwich and say "oh by the way here!" I get it now! If you give, then it can happen...then the miracle can happen to you. It's not just the poor and hungry, it's everybody who's got to have this miracle!! And it can happen tonight for all of you! If you believe in this spirit thing, the miracle will happen and then you'll want it to happen again tomorrow. You won't be one of those (Scrooges) who says Christmas is once a year and it's a fraud...it's not! It can happen every day..you've just got to want that feeling. And if you like it and you want it you'll get greedy for it...you'll want it every day of your life, and it can happen to you. I believe in it now! I believe it's gonna happen to me now, and I'm ready for it. It's great! It's a good feeling..it's better than I've felt in a long time! I'm ready....have a Merry Christmas, everyone."

From the movie "Scrooged" (1988) starring Bill Murray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eObVoC0dOp0

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My all time favorite Christmas Treat 

Gingerbread Cookies ~ (Estonian Style)

For the Recipe...

http://nami-nami.blogspot.com/2005/12/estonian-christmas-cookies.html

"Haid joule ja head uut aastat"

(Merry Christmas in Estonian)

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Favorite Christmas Song

White Christmas ~ Bing Crosby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJSUT8Inl14

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Favorite Christmas Present

American Flyer Train Set!!

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Favorite Christmas Rock and Roll Song

Christmas Wrapping  ~ The Waitresses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nud2TQNahaU&list=RDnud2TQNahaU#t=29

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Favorite Christmas Message

This Holiday Season…

Mend a quarrel... Seek out a forgotten friend... Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust...Write a love letter... Share some treasure... Give a soft answer... Encourage youth...Manifest your loyalty in word and deed...Keep a promise... Find the time... Forgo a grudge... Forgive an enemy... Listen... Apologize if you were wrong… Try to understand... Flout envy... Examine your demands on others... Think first of someone else... Appreciate... Be kind... Be gentle... Laugh a little, Laugh a little more... Deserve confidence... Take up arms against malice... Decry complacency... Express your gratitude... Welcome a stranger... Gladden the heart of a child... Take pleasure in the beauty and the wonder of earth... Speak of your love... Speak it again... Speak still once again.

Author Unknown

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