Ashleigh Hitchcock - relaionship

"My scars are a testament to the love and the relationship that I had for and with that person. And if the scar is deep, so was the love. So be it." ~Ashleigh Hitchcock

Susan Frybort - New path

"I walk a new path on this late part of day, feeling at peace with the scenic trail and sharing the pulse of nature all around me. My thoughts are light enough to be carried along with the dove’s airy call. I’m not feeling overwhelmed with finding the many penetrating answers to life’s biggest questions. I don’t feel any urgency to attend the latest seminar that will expose what is holding me back from discovering my personal truth. And I do not sense any need to seek and uncover the deepest of spiritual reason. Instead, I simply yield to settling into the heart of where I am, right now. Like a heron landing effortlessly to stand stoically in a pond. You learn in this life, there are times to go forth and search for meaning, just as there are times to be still and let meaning find you, exactly where you are, in the truest of places." ~Susan Frybort

Romeo Balingcongan Quotes

"... give me time, teach me the skills, provide me encouragement and I will prove no wave would be too huge to ride." ~Romeo Balingcongan, excerpt from his Oratorical Essay circa 1969.

"‪How beauty is ephemeral in this transitory life we live until the Lord comes and beauty and joy and harmony becomes eternal." ~Romeo Balingcongan‬

"May you walk along the ever brightening light of God’s favor as the dawn breaks into morning splendor." ~

Romeo Balingcongan

"The present is best place to be given the choices we and other people in our lives made and the sovereignty and love of God." ~Romeo Balingcongan

"Those huge waves do not come often and even if those waves do come, ready to topple us down, I will still take my chances for that is what adventures are all about: daring the odds." ~Romeo Balincongan, excerpt from his Oratorical Essay (1969?)

"We all have a wonderful memory to look back to and marvel at how gracious and good our God is." ~Romeo Balingcongan

"‪Wherever one is is a place for prayer anytime." ~‬Romeo Balingcongan

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Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski - Put past behind you

"Ruminating about the past will get you nowhere. So go ahead and learn from the past whatever you can, and then put it behind you. Remember, there is nothing you can do to change it, but you can use its lessons to improve your future." ~Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski

Kevyn Aucoin - Choose Life

"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain…to feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices. Today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it." ~Kevyn Aucoin

Yogesh Kumar - WOMEN

"Women get more beautiful as they grow older. Not less. Female youth is only prized in modern culture because it doesn't represent as much of a threat spiritually to anyone who is frightened of divine feminine power. As women grow and mature, they call in stronger forces of sacred feminine wisdom. They vibrate with the creative power of their stories. They are more of a force to be reckoned with. They see more, know more, feel more. They put up with a lot less bullshit. When women are trained into thinking there is something fundamentally wrong with getting older, and are coerced into spending money, energy and power investing in 'slowing the signs of ageing', an enormous vault of divine love is lost. Just think what would happen if all the women in the world started loving themselves even more with every year that passed. Perhaps a total revolution would occur." ~Yogesh Kumar

Zenos Frudakis - Create a sculpture

"I wanted to create a sculpture that anyone, regardless of their context, could look at and immediately perceive the idea of someone fighting to get rid of (something?). Everyone needs to get out of some situation - whether it is an inner struggle or a contradictory circumstance - and to be free." ~Zenos Frudakis

Josei Toda - Repay debts of gratitude

"True greatness means that, even if you forget what you’ve done for others, you never forget what others have done for you. It means always doing your utmost to repay debts of gratitude. Such people radiate integrity, depth of character, bigheartedness and charm." ~Josei Toda

William Ernest Henley - fate of my soul

"I am the captain of my soul. I am the master of my fate." ~William Ernest Henley

VERSE

"It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul."
~William Ernest Henley, (Invictus)

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Dr. Neil Schierholz Quotes

“People project their own unconscious (and conscious, though less so) fantasies onto those in the public eye (e.g. celebrities and certainly royals)." ~Dr. Neil Schierholz, PsyD

“Ritual and fantasy are pathways to altered states, other realms, and healing." ~Dr. Neil Schierholz, PsyD

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Tessa Roines Quotes

"Sometimes when you are too engrossed with yourself, you stopped noticing your surroundings.. You would know if you read small prints from unknown people." ~Tessa Roines

"There's always trash on the shores, the waves will wash it back to where it belongs." ~Tessa Roines

Jevie Tan Nery Quotes

"I will take the time to nurture myself in knowledge, wisdom, and experience. In addition, be patient with growth in myself and in other aspects of life." Jevie Tan Nery

"When we care for mother Earth, we innovate what she has to offer.... Great minds , green minds, mind the planet..." ~Jevie Tan Nery

Brad Simkins - Soar free!

"There comes a point when you know, without doubt, without hesitation, that you cannot go back to your old life. The butterfly can never go back to being a caterpillar. You might miss how things once were, but you cannot go back and also have a new life with new opportunities. So, spread your wings and soar free." ~Brad Simkins

Amber Marie Hurst - Known without resistance

"Life is but an experience. An opportunity to enjoy the greatest ride on earth... in all its forms including all its storms. To find Love, even if it seems there is no reason. To find Beauty, even in our seemingly dullest moments. It is about reframing and refining life’s happenings, from our individual vantage point. It’s about finding peace in all the chaos... in order to broaden our awareness so that the Light of Consciousness expands to further reaches, through our unique vessel. It’s all about the acceptance of the unknown, so that the unknown may be known without resistance... one moment and one experience at a time." ~Amber Marie Hurst

J. M. Laurence - what matters in life

"It's not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters." ~J.M. Laurence

Matt McHague - Love without agenda

"People grow when they are loved well. If you want to help someone heal, love them without an agenda." ~Matt McHague

Richard Gere - Perfect Age

"We are always the same age inside. Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious; you can only live it once." ~Richard Gere

The Lubavitcher Rebbe - Light

"In a time of increasing darkness, we must respond with an increasing of the light." ~The Lubavitcher Rebbe

Susan Polis Schutz Quotes

"There are many people that we meet in our lives. But only a very few will make a lasting impression on our minds and heart." ~Susan Polis Schutz

"This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy." ~Susan Polis Schutz

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Johnathan Jena - Beauty

"Beauty exists not in what is seen and remembered, but in what is felt and never forgotten." ~Johnathan Jena

Adel Ditucalan - similitude of life

"Tomorrow is always another day. Sleep the dark night away. The dawn will always bring a new hope. A new life. That is the similitude of life that God guides us with. A worthwhile life is worth struggling for." ~Adel Ditucalan

Karen Diver - Self-determination

“The critical piece is self-determination, which leads to getting control of their own resources, which creates a virtuous cycle.” ~Karen Diver, the Assistant for Native American Affairs in the Obama Administration

Larry P. Silva Quotes

‪"Life is like a candle being lit at birth. As it continue to light, it will weather storms and turbulence. Some will not bear it and some will till fully consumed." ~‬Larry P. Silva

"Memories are just like a stack of China wares. We cannot just pull-off one because it might damage the rest!" ~Larry P. Silva

"When face with a life's obstacle or a problem, sit back and contemplate what is the best move to take. Facing the circumstances upfront may bring unnecessary repercussions." ~Larry P. Silva

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ESTELLE CORTES Quotes

"A part of me died when you didn't fight for me, but all of me came alive when I fought for me." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Always approach everyone with understanding instead of judgement. So many people put on happy faces daily for everyone else around them and you would never know they are hurting or struggling. Try to understand why some people are the way they are." ~Estelle Cortes

"Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals." ~Estelle Cortes

"And your words made the gentlest of ripples when they fell like leaves into my pool of silent sorrows." ~Estelle Cortes

"But Faith doesn't always take you out of the problem,

Faith often takes you through the problem.

Faith doesn't always take away the pain, Faith gives you the ability to handle the pain. 

Faith doesn't take you out of the storm, Faith calms you in the midst of the storm."

~Estelle Cortes

"Confidence isn't thinking you are better than everyone else, it's realizing that you have no reason to compare yourself to anyone else." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Every day we sail on a ship of dreams while we navigate the sea of life." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Every word has consequences. Every silence too." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Valar morghulis - 'Everyone dies. Even memories fade. It is what happens between the beginning of one's exitence and on one's deathbed that really matters.'" ~Estelle Cortes 

"For 30 years we have been conditioned to believe in well-packaged web of lies that even when the truth hit us head on some people will still choose to believe the lies." ~Estelle Cortes,  October 12, 2017

"Friends are the most important part of your lives. Treasure the laughters. Treasure the tears. But most important of all- treasure the memories." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Growing old is a gift." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Have the maturity to know that sometimes silence is more powerful than having the last word." ~Estelle Cortes

"How beautiful it is to find a heart that loves you without asking for anything but for you to be okay." ~Estelle Cortes

"I am a magnet for broken wings, broken people, untamed spirits and weary souls..." ~Estelle Cortes

"I believe our choices define us. We should not stop learning otherwise we stagnate in a quagmire of outdated notions. More often than not, ideas become obsolete in the passing of time. We must evolve." ~Estelle Cortes

"'I am all yours' I declared to the Universe. The moment of my surrender, synchronicities bloomed as flowers in my path." ~Estelle Cortes, January 1, 2023

"‪I remember a favorite piece of mine in high school entitled "The Tyranny of False Virtues." There was a phrase there that goes like this: Give me leaders who shall lead lives fraught of hardships and sacrifices, who shall demand of themselves before they demand of me. Give me leaders and I shall follow them to the ends of the earth.‬" ~Estelle Cortes

"I stand with my veracity

Naked, free and bold"

~Estelle Cortes, "Misunderstood"

"I wonder if every time I cry, 

Would the sound travel

All the way to that mountain top,

Which I used to climb

Just to be where you are?"

~Estelle~

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"If the wounds in her heart and the bruises on her soul were translated on her skin, you would not recognize her at all." ~Estelle Cortes 

"If you break someone's heart and they still talk to you with the same amount of respect and excitement, believe me, they really love you. And you probably don't deserve it." ~Estelle Cortes 

"If you don't heal from what hurt you, you'll bleed on the people who didn't cut you." ~Estelle Cortes 

"If you keep avoiding things you fear, you may let yourself in for unhappy consequences. It is usually wiser to stand up to a seemingly scary experience and walk right into it, risking the bruises or hard knocks. You are likely to find it is not as tough as you had thought. Or you may find it pretty tough. but you also discover you have what it takes to handle it. Just find the strength to endure." ~Estelle Cortes

"If you understood just how frequently people cope by projecting, you would learn to take absolutely nothing personally." ~Estelle Cortes

"Intuition is the treasure of a woman's psyche. It is like a divining instrument and like a crystal through which one can see with uncanny interior vision." ~Estelle Cortes 

"It’s hard to wait around for something that you know might not happen, but

it’s even harder to give up, when you know it’s everything you ever

wanted." ~Estelle Cortes 

"It is possible to cross an ocean without wetting your feet, but it is impossible to cross life without wetting the eyes." ~Estelle Cortes

"Kindness is free. Any time is the perfect opportunity to be kind." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Life has no intrinsic meaning, only the meaning one gives to it. And the meaning one brings to life greatly influences what one gets out of it." ~Estelle Cortes

"Life is made up of a series of interruptions.

And RECONNECTIONS. Our freewill and choices will determine the paths in our individual journey." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Life is wherever you are, whether you make something out of it or not." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Older than my years, an old soul, timeless soldier of war- I was made to carry pain more than the others."

©Estelle Cortes 

"One can't question the existence of feelings; they're there, raw and undeniable. But one can't choose to not  nurture what is felt. No matter what is said, what has been felt will always be more honest than what was chosen. Hence, true realities are not built by the mind but by the heart." ~Estelle Cortes

"Our brokenness will give us a deeper understanding of the realities in life. We are broken, not dead. Let us grasp the merest chance of rising up from the ashes. Life can still be beautiful. It is a choice." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Peace is knowing your place in the vastness of the Universe." ~Estelle Cortes

"People who are not afraid to love openly, deeply, passionately are the bravest kind of people in my book. People like that are often equally passionate with their ideals as they are with their love." ~Estelle Cortes

"Religion stifles growth. Spirituality nurtures it." ~Estelle Cortes

"Respect your body when it's asking for a break. Respect your mind when it's seeking rest. Honor yourself when you need a moment for yourself." ~Estelle Cortes

"Rest a while,

The sea, the sea is calling,

The tide is high,

The calm blue waters

Will listen to my sighs."

~Estelle~

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"She loves moonlight and rainstorms and so many other things that have a Soul." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Since nothing we intend is ever faultless and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humaness, we are saved by forgiveness." ~Estelle Cortes

"Someone somewhere is searching for you in every person they meet." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Sometimes I run out of words to write because all the pain and tears have bled out of my pen." ~Estelle Cortes

"Souls tend to go back to who feels like home." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Tell your children that the soil holds the ashes of their grandparents. That the earth is full of the lives of our ancestors. That the earth is sacred." ~Estelle Cortes

"The Darkness offers me respite from pain. And Silence is such a comforting friend." ~Estelle Cortes

"The most difficult time in one's life is not when no understands you; it is when you do not understand yourself." ~Estelle Cortes 

"The strong grows in solitude where the weak withers away." ~Estelle Cortes 

"The use of metaphor, when aptly arranged will enhance the message. But to make it dance between subtlety and glaring truth, it becomes impressive." ~Estelle Cortes

"There are some journeys I have to take alone. I cannot bring anyone into my chaos."~Estelle Cortes

"Time moves in one direction, memory in another." ~Estelle Cortes

"True heroism is sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass others at all cost but it is the need to help and serve others at whatever cost." ~Estelle Cortes

"True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked." ~Estelle Cortes

"Use the present time to create new memories rather than spend it wishing to recreate the past." ~Estelle Cortes

"We can be undeceivably alive by being in the world instead of walking through it; by seeing rather than looking, listening rather than hearing and when you love, do so unreservedly- love uncritically, openly, warmly, delightedly and deal with the loss when and if it comes." ~Estelle Cortes 

"We seldom realize that allowing someone their peace and happiness involves  pursed lips and an open heart and mind." ~Estelle Cortes 

"When it comes to love, even the smartest people become stupid." ~Estelle Cortes 

"When you are fighting for something that you believe is right and which the majority know is right but has no guts to stand up for it; make a stand anyway. Fight for what is right and make that stand for those who can't and won't. You will be alone but you know it is the right thing to do." ~Estelle Cortes

"Words and verses in my poetry are lyrics and melody of a song yet unsung. Waiting for the right moment and the right singer." ~Estelle Cortes 

"You are the epitome of 

a strong woman 

worthy to emulate. 

You are stronger than you let on. 

Your pen is your sword. 

Let the words flow, 

let the words paint, 

let the words sing....

Let the words coming 

from your pen inspire."

© Estelle Cortes

August 17, 2022

(To Leah C Dancel)

"You can't fill a bucket with water if it's already full of sand." ~Estelle Cortes

"You don't really know true intimacy until someone holds you while you cry and never let go until you spill out all that's weighing heavy on your heart and mind." ~Estelle Cortes 

"You've been through a thousand things in your life people don't even know about. You've experienced things that have shook you, changed you, broke you, built you and taught you to be stronger than you ever thought you had the ability to be. And you are who you are for all of it. So the next time someone judges you based on a small part of what they see and how they interpret that, remember who you are, remember how much you've overcome and smile and keep walking because you don't have a single thing to prove to anyone else. You've already proved so much to yourself who muddled through storms that people didn't even see because of how you carried yourself." ~Estelle Cortes, June 3, 2022

BLURBS

"I was waiting for a friend inside the mall. And because I have time to spend, I bought corn on the cob and sat on one of the benches. As I munched on my corn, enjoying it and waxing nonsensical philosophies in my mind, I decided to conduct a social experiment. I smiled at every person who sat infront of me or beside me and whom I made eye contact with. It never failed. I got answering smiles from everyone. They must found it strange that I wasn't holding a phone and just observing the people around me. It occured to me that mobile phones may have helped us to communicate with friends and family, these same gadgets will also prevent us from living in the present. And interact. We are caught up in the virtual world, so much so that when we are confronted with the harsh yet equally beautiful realities of life, most get confused and don't know how to act accordingly. 

One day I'll switch off my phone and wander off to the woods. I won't take pictures. I will just write about it when I get back. And if the mood suits me, I'll sketch. Words paint better pictures anyway." (#justthinkingoutloud#

~Estelle Cortes

ATTRIBUTED QUOTES

"A woman's sigh can say more than a man's sermon." ~ Arnold Haultain

"I am an open book in a closed book store. You'll have to read me through the window." ~Laura Wheeler

VERNACULAR

"Pagkanindot magsud-ong sa banag-banag ug maghulat hangtod mobidlisiw ang kahayag sa haring adlaw. Maghatag ug paglaum nga bisan unsa pa kangitngit motungha ra gihapon ang kahayag." 

"The darkest time is always the time before dawn."

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Gore Vidal - Live your life

"I give a little advice out there for those who worry about their place in the world. Always remember that it is of no consequence to you what other people think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life." ~Gore Vidal

Troy Polamalu - mindset

"I've never really been aware of what is said about me, whether it's positive or negative. I ignore it. I've always had the mind-set:'No one can challenge me better than myself.'" ~Troy Polamalu

David Brin - Power

"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power." ~David Brin

Christopher Pike

"There is a difference between a question and a wonder. I would prefer to answer only questions that will be useful to you. A child looks up at the starry sky at night and wonders. He is filled with the joy of the mystery of creation. Why should I explain everything to you and take away that joy? I will not. The purpose of my words is to create silence, to create joy. I am not here to stuff your head full of knowledge. A child starts out innocent. You ask him something and he says, 'I don't know.' Then that child grows up and thinks he knows everything. I'll teach you something. I'll teach you to say, 'I don't know,' and be glad. That is true knowledge." ~Christopher Pike

Kathy Browne - Grace that saved my life

"My story is filled with broken pieces, terrible choices and ugly truths. It's also filled with a major comeback, peace in my soul and a grace that saved my life." ~Kathy Browne

Donna Harvey-Hall - formed by circumstances

"We are all formed by the circumstances we have come through and come from." ~Donna Harvey Hall, Grab Life by the Tail