Inspiration
Inspirational stories
The Emperor and His Sleeping Bag
The Watermelon
Inspirational quotes
"Often people attempt to live their life backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do,
in order to have what you want." - Margaret Young
"The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for
delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."
- Julia Cameron
"Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting
the resources within them. There are deep wells of strength that
are seldom used." - Richard E. Boyd
"Go with what gives you energy." - Hilary Vaughan (Tim's Mum)
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is
because we do not dare that things are difficult." - Seneca
"We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other people's models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open." - Shakti Gawain
"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood.
Make big plans: aim high." - D.H. Burnham
"First I dream my painting then I paint my dream."
- Vincent Van Gogh "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people
can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead
"We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Charles Kingsley
"Nothing in the world has ever been accomplished without passion."
- G.W.F. Hegel
"Try a thing you haven't tried before three times, once to get over the fear, once to find out how to do it, and a third time to find if you like it." - Author unknown
The Dilemma
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk rejection
To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing
The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love
Only a person who risks is free - Author unknown
Marianne Williamson
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