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We don't always have to be strong to be strong. Sometimes, our strength is
expressed in being vulnerable. Sometimes, we need to fall apart to regroup
and stay on track.

We all have days when we cannot push any harder, cannot hold back self doubt, cannot stop focusing on fear, cannot be strong. There are days when we cannot focus on being responsible. Occasionally we don't want to get out of our pajamas. Sometimes, we cry in front of people. We expose our tiredness, irritability, or anger. Those days are okay. They are just okay.

Part of taking care of ourselves means we give ourselves permission to "fall
apart" when we need to. We do not have to be perpetual towers of strength.

We are strong. We have proven that. Our strength will continue if we allow
ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable when we need to
experience those feelings.

Today, help me to know that it is okay to allow myself to be human.
Help me not to feel guilty or punish myself when I need to "fall apart."

Melody Beattie


"We aren't bodies at all; who we are is the love inside us, and it is that love alone that determines our value. When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness."

Marianne Williamson




A peaceful response is a powerful response. Before you speak, before you act, before you respond, consider a calm and peaceful way to do so. There is almost always a way to say what you have to say in a peaceful, compelling manner. And when you do, you have a much better chance of being heard and understood. Whatever you have to accomplish, seek a way to get it done peacefully and respectfully. By so doing, you'll pave the way for even greater accomplishments. When you live and think and act peacefully, you'll find a world of people eager to support your efforts. When your life is filled with peaceful moments, your mind is much more positively focused and your work is much more effective. Every day you'll come across situations where you can add real value by introducing a calm and peaceful tone. Even a small bit of peacefulness has the power to profoundly change things for the better. Let yourself be strong enough and confident enough to practice peace on a daily basis. You'll quickly make your world a better place.

Ralph Marston


The more we delve into how we got where we are, the more we stay where we were. The more we analyze what is not working, the more things do not work. And the more we consider how we would like it to be, the more things become as we would have them. The choice is ours.

Alan Cohen


The secret of life is to make the best of whatever comes along. Make each day fresh and new. Go in search of knowledge and experience. Let your questions and your answers reconcile. And do your best to remember... The best kind of learning curve is an enlightened smile.

Allin Austen


The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

George Eliot



"The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are."

Robert Fulghum


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"Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance."

Kahlil Gibran


"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not possibly born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

Anais Nin


"Friends can be said to "fall in like" with as profound a thud as romantic partners fall in love."


Letty Cottin Pogrebin