Inspiration

Your life is your train.You are the conductor and a passenger.How your train moves and where it ends upIs totally up to you. Your talents and abilities, dreams and goalsAre your tickets.Now, don’t get excited just because you have a ticketsIf you do not use it, you won’t go anywhere. Opportunities are stations along the way.If you are not at the station on time,You will be left standing at the stationWith all the other people […]

By Portia Nelson I walk down the streetThere is a deep hole in the sidewalk,I fall inI am lost… I am helpless It isn’t my fault,It takes forever to find a way out. I walk down the same streetThere is a deep hole in the sidewalk,I pretend I don’t see it.I fall in again.I can’t believe I am in the same place,But, it isn’t my fault. It still takes a long time to get out […]

Stand still.The trees ahead and bushes beside youAre not lost.Wherever you are is called Here,And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,Must ask permission to know it and be known.The forest breathes. Listen, It answers,I have made this place around you.If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here. No two trees are the same to Raven.No two branches are the same to Wren.If what a tree or a bush does is […]

One of my teachers had each one of us bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes. For every person we’d refuse to forgive in our life experience, we were told to choose a potato, write on it the name and date, and put it in the plastic bag. Some of our bags, as you can imagine, were quite heavy. We were then told to carry this bag with us everywhere for one […]

‘It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon… I want to know if […]

If you want someone who’ll make a total fool of himself because he’s so glad to see you, get a dog.If you want someone who’s always ready to go out any time you ask, Get a dog.If you want someone who’ll be content JUST to snuggle up and keep you warm in bed, get a dog. (You can always kick him out of the bed and make him sleep in the laundry room if he […]

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