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Our world is moving so fast and we are apt to miss so much of what is happening "right now." If we can put down our smart phones for one moment and be present to what is around us, I believe these incidental meetings and strangers who come into our lives can give us unexpected fortitude, perspective and even wisdom just when we need them the most - if we are just awake, aware and open to these new insights. ↗

— Kristin S. Kaufman

#inspirational-life #is-this-seat-taken #kristin-kaufman #stories-life #change

We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis. ↗

— LeeAnn Taylor

#become #becoming #being #butterflies #butterfly

The only way we can change our world is to take responsibility for our part in it. ↗

— Rachael Bermingham

#inspirational-quotes #motivational-quotes #responsibility #change

A story should be like a river, flowing and never stopping, your readers passengers on a boat, whirling downstream through constantly refreshing and changing scemery. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#quotes-for-writers #change

T.J. seemed older than seventeen. Reserved almost. Maybe facing serious health problems eliminated some of the immature behavior that presented itself when you had nothing more to worry about than getting your driver's license, cutting class, or breaking curfew. ↗

— Tracey Garvis-Graves

#life-changing-events #change

Life never changes, until you take a step in a different direction - Kit McCann ↗

— Kit McCann

#inspirational #motivation #motivational #change

I clenched my teeth and fists to stop them biting and scratching these clever men who want no care for the helpless sick small, who use religions and politics to stay comfortably superior to all that pain: who make religions and politics, excuses to spread misery with fire and sword and how could I stop all this? I did not know what to do. ↗

— Alasdair Gray

#feminism #frustration #patriarchy #politics #progress

If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. ↗

— Fred DeVito

#life #life-and-living #lifestyle #change

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me..Phil 3:14 ↗

— Aileen Friedman

#family #inspirational #love #romance #change

You told me, if something is not used it is meaningless, and took my temperature, which I had thought to save for a more difficult day. In the mirror, every night, the same face, a bit more threadbare, a dress worn too long. The moon was out in the cold, along with the restless, dissatisfied wind that seemed to change the location of the sycamores. I expected reproaches because I had mentioned the word love, but you only accused me of stealing your pencil, and sadness disappeared with sense. You made a ceremony out of holding your head in your hands because, you said, it could not be contained in itself. ↗

— Rosmarie Waldrop

#desperation #love #change