#iv

For change to be done, we have to feel the difference an believe we can achieve the right path. ↗

There’s not a person alive who is ugly. Now dead people, they disgust me. ↗

In my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the old Indian orators acquired the habit of carefully arranging their thoughts. They listened to the warbling of birds and noted the grandeur and the beauties of the forest. The majestic clouds—which appear like mountains of granite floating in the air—the golden tints of a summer evening sky, and the changes of nature, possessed a mysterious significance. All of this combined to furnish ample matter for reflection to the contemplating youth. ↗

— Francis Assikinack

#native-american-wisdom #nature #oratory #silence #wisdom

love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#love #marriage #quiver #relationships #share

How can I explain to her that I just can't come home? It's too soon, it's too late; I do want to be with Helen every second of the day but at the same time I don't want to be with her at all. I want to have back what I felt at the beginning. I could no more leave her then than leave my arms or legs. How do you find the beginning, though? There are no roads or signs. You start to doubt it even exists. The hardest thing isn't deciding that I want to go back to when Helen and Gracie and I were us. The most difficult thing is finding the map to get there. ↗

— Cath Crowley

#divorce #love #change

When magic through nerves and reason passes, Imagination, force, and passion will thunder. The portrait of the world is changed. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#circling #dejan-stojanovic #force #imagination #literature

Whenever there is a break up, it's usually not the fault of just one party. Both are usually at fault ↗

— Louis N. Jones

#life-lessons #separation #change

Principle of Change #1: Discontent + Passion Drive Change ↗

— Brett Blumenthal

#brett-blumenthal #motivation #personal-transformation #self-help #success

If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your world is all screwed up, rearrange it! ↗