“…there are two ways to meet life; you may refuse to care until indifference becomes a habit, a defensive armor, and you are safe – but bored. Or you can care greatly, live greatly, until life breaks you on its wheel.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Me and these cracks have something in common. There are times in life when you feel things around or inside you start cracking and even seem to fall apart. But slowly the cracks begin to fill up, you heal, you understand, become stronger, softer and wiser. The cracks fill up with pieces of gold and you are ready to radiate your beauty again.
“May every soul that touches mine— be it the slightest contact – Get therefore some good; Some little grace, one kindly thought; One aspiration yet unfelt; One bit of courage For the darkening sky; One gleam of faith To brave the thickening ills of life; One glimpse of brighter skies Beyond the gathering mist – To make their life worthwhile.” – George Sand
Every moment is yours. Don’t let it be stolen away, To be abused by the fleating moods of your surroundings. It is yours to cherish, To love and dwell in.
“Wiliam Blake’s words sum up the definition of women’s strength. We all have this❤️ ‘To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.’”
“CEU is for me a grand experiment in living. All through the year, I have seen my consciousness deconstructed in multifarious respects—indeed, such deconstructions of the very foundations of my worldview has meant a refashioning and repositioning of my life in my unflinching quest to comprehend myself and others. The diligence of the faculty—particularly in the Department of Political Science, my department—invariably challenged me to thoroughly re-examine my own contentions and to think of the world as an ocean of possibilities where the exchange of ideas ensures refinement for the acquisition of truth. The cosmopolitan mission of CEU—a mission I […]
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Sharon Salzberg
“This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.” – Martin Luther
“The heart is a divine trust; cleanse it from the stain of self-love, adorn it with the coronal of pure intent…” – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
“Be thou loving to every afflicted one, a dispeller of sorrows to every grieved one…, a consolation to dejected hearts, a blessing to unfortunate souls…” – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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