Quotes From Great Lives Are Made

"If we focussed less on "improving" others and and more on "improving" ourselves, I'm sure the world would be a happier, more loving and tolerant place. Reminds me of that poem by an anonymous yet insightful author:
"Build a better world", said God
And I answered "How? The world is such a vast place and so complicated now. I'm so small and useless. there's little I can do."
So God in all His wisdom said, "Just build a better you."" ~from Great Lives Are Made

"There are some pretty horrible things happening in the world and it's so easy to despair or feel we can't really do much. Yet even though we can't all make a difference in massive ways, the cumulative effect of many small actions and kindnesses can gather momentum and make significant positive differences way beyond what we can imagine. Keep the faith. Don't lose hope." ~from Great Lives Are Made, FB

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Alex Martin - Perception

"Perception cannot occur without the automatic actuation of previously acquired information." ~Alex Martin

Robert Thurman - Give thought to giving

"Practice giving things away, not just things you don’t care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment you overcome that count. So don’t bankrupt yourself on a momentary positive impulse, only to regret it later. Give thought to giving. Give small things, carefully, and observe the mental processes going along with the act of releasing the little thing you liked." ~Robert Thurman

Natsuki Takaya Quotes

"Saying she doesn't mind being alone … that she's alright … There isn't a person alive who'd really feel that way." ~Natsuki Takaya

"Sometimes living can be hard, but it's only because we are alive that we can make each other laugh, cry, …be happy! In this world, if that's not a reason for being born in this world… I don't know what is." ~Natsuki Takaya

"Those who hurt others also hurt themselves." ~Natsuki Takaya

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Cherie Carter-Scott - Forgiveness

"Forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are." ~Cherie Carter-Scott

A THOUGHT TO PONDER: peace of mind

"There is no greater wealth in this world than peace of mind." ~from Positive Outlooks

Quotes on ADVERSITY, CHALLENGE and STRUGGLE

ADVERSITY

"A warrior's strength is measured by the size of her heart. She is respectfully humble, she will stand with honor, she will fight with love. In the face of adversity and for the ones she loves, she will be a voice and a shield. She will be a beacon to light the way home for the old. She will gently make way for the young. She is a Sister, Mother, Daughter, Grandmother...She is a Warrior." ~Anon

"Adversity is not a hindrance. It's just a challenge we need to overcome in order for us to succeed and reach our goal in life. Let's keep ourselves open to new learnings and some minor tweakings with both feet on the ground. Let's support and encourage one another." ~Don Luman-ag

"Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn." ~Barbara Rose

"Adversity strengthens the spirit, hardens the soul, what we master becomes ours to use." ~George Daniel Anos

"And hope is like the stars - unseen in the sunshine of prosperity and only discovered during a night of adversity." ~Charles Spurgeon

"Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit." ~Napoleon Hill

"Every great personal story you have to tell involves overcoming adversity. If you shy away from adversity, you take away your ability to tell new stories." ~Farrel Droke

"God can bring showers of blessings our of storms of adversity." ~Anon


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CHALLENGE

"Challenges are spices that propel creativity and patience." ~Duoi Ampilan

"Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." ~Joshua J. Marine

"Compassion is underestimated. It takes both wisdom and strength to have it. To look beyond a person's own struggles and attempt to see the world through the eyes of another person's challenges is the highest form of humanity." ~Doe Zantamata

"‪Don't allow people to get to you. Let them deal with their challenges and contrast because they've collected those in their life's journey." ~‬Chak V Walker

"Great leaders may be found at the top of a mountain looking back upon their challenges, but the greatest leaders are often found at the foot of the mountain still helping others reach that summit." ~Robert Clancy on Lead from the Heart

"Heavy rains remind us of challenges in life. Never ask for a lighter rain, but pray to God for a better umbrella. That is the attitude." ~Jackee

“I can choose to perceive every circumstance as an opportunity to grow and stay on my mission. And if this opportunity is also challenging, that’s even better. I have a chance to rise up--like a kite rises against the wind. If there’s no wind the kite can’t fly. Have you ever tried to fly a kite when there’s no wind at all? Have you ever tried to have a great life when there’s no challenge? If there’s no challenge for me I cannot become stronger. I cannot grow.” ~Steve Chandler

"If we could look into each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance and care." ~Marvin J. Ashton

 "If we had no winter,  the spring would not be so pleasant, if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,  prosperity would not be so welcome." ~Anne Broadsheet 

"Life challenges, like illness can make us bitter and resentful. But being bitter and resentful is a choice. Let your pain make you soft, not hard. Compassionate, not cruel. Gentle, not unkind. Choose to be loving and tenderhearted. Take care of each other and be kind." ~Marcel Lawrence

“Life is full of challenge. That's how we learn and grow. When we're born, the Good Lord gives each of us a Life Book. Chapter by chapter, we live and learn. When a chapter of your Life Book is completed, your spirit knows it's time to turn the page so a new chapter can begin. Even when you're scared or think you're not ready, your spirit knows you are.” ~Beth Hoffman

"Life is never without a need, never without a problem, never without a challenge." ~Anon

"No one can choose your mountain or tell you when to climb. It's yours alone to challenge. At your own pace and time." ~from Valley Vet

“No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges. That fact may not be obvious because most people don't advertise their woes and heartaches. But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life without suffering battle scars.” ~Richelle E. Goodrich

"Repeat after me; I am stronger than this challenge. And this challenge is making me even stronger." ~MRJ Mermaid Musings

"Stand up to your obstacles; do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have." ~Zen Proverb on Strength

“The candle is the light of life that is constantly thriving to hang on and light up the darkness of life. (Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a candle in the wind. He was a fighter fighting the odds to survive. And he did so with incredible power to change the world.) Whether your life is long or short upon the earth, it is remarkable that our little flames burns on in spite of the wind, or the challenges of life.” ~Enock Maregesi

"The essential key to discovering your best is to stand up to life's challenges even when you're knocked down." ~the plus code/fb

"The tests we face in life's journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner strengths. We can only know how strong we are when we strive and thrive beyond the challenges we face." ~Kemi Sogunle

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ~Martin Luther King Jr.

"There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated." ~Sean Connery

"To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist." ~Gail Sheehy

"We all have the power to push past life's challenges." ~Chris Norton

"We are often challenged to do “great things” for God. Actually, God is more pleased when we do small things for him out of loving obedience. They may be unnoticed by others, but God notices them and considers them acts of worship." ~Rick Warren

"We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity." ~Barbara De Angelis

"We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us." ~William J. Brennan

"What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?" ~Rose Kennedy

“When facing adversity, we may think we’ve reached our limit, but actually the more trying the circumstances, the closer we are to making a breakthrough. The darker the night, the nearer the dawn. Victory in life is decided by that last concentrated burst of energy filled with the resolve to win." ~Daisaku Ikeda

“When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves…Everything can be taken from a human but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. “ ~Viktor Frankl

"When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back." ~Paulo Coelho

"You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope." ~Thomas Merton

"Your greatest moments of challenge are a call to defy your timid habits of safety and rush out into life." ~Bryant McGill

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"There is no illness on earth for which God has not provided a remedy through Nature." ~Paracelsus

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Giotto di Bondone Quotes

"Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour." ~Giotto di Bondone

"The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights." ~Giotto di Bondone

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Mary Davis Quotes

"A few moments of quietude each day is your greatest gift. Stop, breathe, open and just listen. There is infinite wisdom 

in the silence of the heart. " ~Mary Davis 

"Friends are diamonds who reflect the light of our spirit." ~Mary Davis

“To walk into nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” ~Mary Davis

"You have more strength than you know, more calm than you believe,  more power than you imagine,  more courage than you dream." ~Mary Davis

Mary Field Belenky - judgment

"Really listening and suspending one's own judgment is necessary in order to understand other people on their own terms. As we have noted, this is a process that requires trust and builds trust." ~Mary Field Belenky

Isabella Rossellini - elegance

'True elegance is for me the manifestation of an independent mind.' ~Isabella Rossellini

Kristian Kan - dream a reality

"Keep dreaming and create reality." ~Kristian Kan

A THOUGHT TO PONDER: see the light

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." ~Aristotle

Roshi Joan Halifax - Compassion

"Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, and fear." ~Roshi Joan Halifax

Quotes from THE WRITER's STUDIO

"If you go too far in your writing, it is easy to pull back in the editing. But if you don't go far enough, it can be much harder to push it out later. Daring is the X factor in creativity." ~The Writer's Studio

"One of the biggest mistakes a writer can make when just starting out is to mix up the separate elements of the process." ~TWS

"Stories like flowers take time to grow. They only come into full bloom at the end of the process." ~The Writer's Studio

"When it comes to writing a novel or screenplay mistakes and difficulties often turn out to be opportunities. The point is you can’t necessarily go with your first option." ~The Writers' Studio

"When it comes to writing good there is only one rule - what works works." ~The Writers' Studio

"When you are writing a first draft, the most important thing is to get it written. It doesn’t have to be perfect and it doesn’t matter how you do it." ~The Writers' Studio

"Writers are sensitive people and if you want to write, it will most likely to stir up certain fears. Dealing with one's fears is part of the process." ~TWS

"Writing a first draft is an act of discovery where you need to learn to mine your imagination. You can refine what comes out later." ~TWS

"Writing a novel or screenplay is a four part process – planning, writing, re-writing and editing."

"Writing a novel or screen play is an adventure and an act of discovery. You can't control the process. Your stories take you to places you never realised you needed to go. And often what you didn't know at the start turns out to be the best parts of your story." ~The Writer's Studio

"Writing is a confidence game. There is no failure just a big field to wander in." ~TWS

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SUB-QUOTES:

"Blood, sweat and tears help mould the story." ~Mandy Moo

"The art of letting go should never be underestimated...it is in this space creativity flows as obstacles are removed. Dare I say fear and writer's block are one of the same?" ~Mandy Moo

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IN ORDER OF THINGS:

I

"The first step when creating a story is to make your readers care for your main character. Then get them into as much trouble as you possibly can." ~TWS

“That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said, Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.” ~Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

‘Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, make a good tale...’
From The Hobbit by J. R. Tolkein

II

"Writing is an act of faith. Make this a general rule when writing your first draft, everything your internal critic says is irrelevant at this stage." ~TWS

“I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction or poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all.” ~Stephen King

III

"Much of the craft of writing is about creating a moving experience for your reader. It is all about making the reader want to keep turning the pages. This doesn’t just happen by accident." ~TWS

“Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.” ~Mickey Spillane

IV

"In the end we only regret the chances we never took, the relationships we were afraid to have and the decisions we took to long to make." ~TWS

"Don't go to the grave with your story unsung in your heart." ~Anon

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ~Maya Angelou

“Stories, like people and butterflies and songbirds' eggs and human hearts and dreams, are also fragile things, made up of nothing stronger or more lasting than twenty-six letters and a handful of punctuation marks. Or they are words on the air, composed of sounds and ideas-abstract, invisible, gone once they've been spoken-and what could be more frail than that? But some stories, small, simple ones about setting out on adventures or people doing wonders, tales of miracles and monsters, have outlasted all the people who told them, and some of them have outlasted the lands in which they were created.” ~Neil Gaiman

V

"If you want to write a novel or screenplay you need to take your main character on a journey where they are placed under extreme pressure and change as a result. This is the role of structure and this is what will evoke an emotional response in your readers." ~TWS

“You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.” ~Joss Whedon

VI

"Every character needs to think they are the main character of the story. For them to come to life on the page they need to be given a life of their own outside the story." ~TWS

“You can never know enough about your characters” ~W. Somerset Maugham

“It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does.” ~William Faulkner

VII

"It is not as though there are a very small percentage of people born with talent and the rest of us might as well give up. Writing is an art and a craft that takes time to master." ~TWS

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” ~Stephen King

VIII

"When you are writing a first draft you are just creating the marble. Just get something down so you have something to re-write and edit later." ~TWS

"The angel was always in the marble." ~Michelangelo

IX

"Many people are of the opinion that writers are born not made and only a select few have the talent required to write worthwhile stories. While everyone has very different skills, we believe that is not necessarily the case. In fact, we see people dramatically improve their writing and story telling ability by learning the craft, applying the tools and techniques and doing the work." ~TWS

"I don't think that talent or gift, if such things exist, has anything to do with what the final receipts will be. My notion is that anyone who speaks, by reason of that speech, has prospects of achieving important imaginative writing. I see the notion of talent as quite irrelevant. I see instead old-fashioned notions of perseverance, application and industry... It comes down in every instance to this dualism between what one wants and what one may be afraid to have." ~Gordon Lish

"A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." ~Richard Bach

X

"The first draft is about finding the story and character journey. It doesn’t have to be perfect. Many writers when they are just starting out make the mistake of comparing their first drafts to a completed, edited and published book. ...... Writing a novel or screenplay is a refiners craft and requires that you have a process that keeps you on track. When you write your first draft allow yourself to make mistakes and try things." ~TWS

"The first draft is just telling yourself a story." ~Terry Prachett, Freedom With Writing

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"People tend to look at successful writers, writers who are getting their books published and maybe even doing well financially, and think that they sit down at their desks every morning feeling like a million dollars, feeling great about who they are and how much talent they have and what a great story they have to tell; that they take in a few deep breaths, push back their sleeves, roll their necks a few times to get all the cricks out, and dive in, typing fully formed passages as fast as a court reporter. ..... But this is just the fantasy of the uninitiated. I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money and not one of them sits down routinely feeling wildly enthusiastic and confident. Not one of them writes elegant first drafts. All right, one of them does, but we don’t like her very much. Very few writers know what they’re saying until they’ve done it." ~Anne Lamott

XI

"Writing is a mood changing activity. Most likely you will rarely feel like writing. The key thing is to just sit down and do the work regardless of how you feel. When you finish you will be so glad you did. The act of writing has its own reward." ~TWS

“One must be pitiless about this matter of mood. In a sense writing will create the mood. Generally I've found this to be true. I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card, when nothing has seemed worth enduring for another five minutes... and somehow the activity of writing changes everything.” Joyce Carol Oates

"Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change." ~Julia Cameron

XII

"One of the great pleasures of reading a good novel or watching a great film is that you get to enter the dreamworld of the story. It is the same when you write your novel or screenplay, particularly if you write most days, the dream of your story becomes alive in your imagination and your story starts to write itself." ~TWS

“We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see images - a dog hunting through garbage cans, a plane circling above Alaskan mountains, an old lady furtively licking her napkin at a party. We slip into a dream, forgetting the room we're sitting in, forgetting it's lunchtime or time to go to work.”John Gardner

"Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing." ~Iris Murdoch

XIII

"Writing is all about getting the words out of your head and onto the page and shaping them in a way that resonates with your readers. The words create a deep communication between you and your reader." ~TWS

“Whether you’re keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it’s the same thing. What’s important is that you’re having a relationship with your mind.” ~Natalie Goldberg

"You should write because you love the shape of the stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page." ~Annie Proulx

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Quotes from Lailah Gifty Akita

“A cup of tea is all I need to keep working." ~Lailah Gifty Akita

"Awake all living souls and shine thy light." ~Lailah Gifty Akita

“Daily dance is my delight.” ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

“Every battle you have to fight, is an opportunity for the glory of God to be revealed. The greater the obstacles, the greater the victory.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita

"Every fresh morning brings freshness of sacred-being." ~Lailah Gifty Akita

“Every new day is a sacred gift with new sacred grace.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita

“I love the paradise of being between the pages of a book.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita

“The path of light is the quest for knowledge.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

"The strength of every individual is the grace for great work." ~Lailah Gifty Akita

“You have to make an enemy a friend to conquer his or her evil intentions.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

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From OUR DAILY BREAD - best road

"Lord, we cannot see the path ahead, so we must trust that the way is right and that it is the best road for us to take. Please encourage us, and teach us as we let You direct our path." ~Our Daily Bread

Carl Ewald - rejoice

“Take spring when it comes and rejoice.
Take happiness when it comes and rejoice.
Take love when it comes and rejoice.”
~Carl Ewald

James Openheim - happiness

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet." ~James Openheim

John Maeda - Simplicity

"Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful." ~John Maeda

Quotes on SNOW

NOTE: It's WINTER in AUSTRALIA while most parts of our northern counterpart endure a sweltering SUMMER. Such is the opposite of the season, time of day and its compass' direction. Here's a compilation of quotations.

THEIR FIRST SNOW

Jindabyne NSW

June 18, 2019

“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." ~Carl Reiner

"A snowman is the perfect man. He's very well rounded and comes with his own broom." ~Anon

"Be like snow - cold, but beautiful." ~Lana Del Rey

"Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - leaves its impress upon the soul of man." ~Orison Swett Marden

"I leaned out one last time and caught a snowflake on my tongue. They tasted so good, so pure and so divine, like nothing I had ever tasted from the sky." ~Shannon A. Thompson

"I miss the snow. I miss looking at it, walking in it, tasting it. I used to love those days when it was so cold everyone else would be tucked away inside trying to stay warm. I would be the only one out walking, so I could look across the fields and see miles of snow without a single footprint in it. It would be completely silent - no cars, no birds singing, no doors slamming. Just silence and snow." ~Damien Echols

“January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow." ~Sara Coleridge

"Life is like a blanket of snow. Be careful how you step on it. Every step will show!" ~Anon

"Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand." ~Henry David Thoreau

"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place." ~Zen

“Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem." ~William Hamilton Gibson

"Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity." ~Novala Takemoto

"Snow makes cities innocent again, reveals the frailty of the human gesture against the void." ~Glen Duncan

"Snow provokes responses that reach back to childhood." ~Andy Goldsworthdy

"Snowflakes are kisses from heaven." ~Anon

“Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together." ~Vista M. Kelly

"Snowing is an attempt of God to make the dirty world look clean." ~Mehmet Murat ildan

“Snowmen fall from heaven....... unassembled." ~Anon

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event." ~Anon

"The next time you see snow—in life or in photos—thank God for the forgiveness and the freedom from sin’s p'enalties that this beautiful, natural gift pictures for all who have put their trust in our Savior." ~Dave Branon (Our Daily Bread)

“The snow began to fall again, drifting against the windows, politely begging entrance and then falling with disappointment to the ground." ~Jamie McGuire

"The snow did not even whisper its way to earth, but seemed to salt the night with silence." ~Dean Koontz

“The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches." ~E.E. Cummings

“The snow is sparkling like a million little suns." ~Lama Willa Miller

"The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only." ~Joseph Wood Krutch

“The very fact of snow is such an amazement." ~Roger Ebert

"The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists." ~Anon

"There's just something beautiful about walking in snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you're special." ~Carol Rifka Brunt

"There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's." ~Clyde Moore

"When snow falls, nature listens." ~Antoinette van Kleef

"With every falling flake, a unique spark of interest falls from heaven." ~P. Miller

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MARIQUITA NOSCE TANDOC Quotes

"A home is a place of relaxation and comfort, highlighted by a mess here and there." ~Mariquita Tandoc

"The sun is smiling. The day is warming up. There is no denying we are face to face with Spring!!" ~Mariquita Nosce Tandoc

"The sun is the earth's golden star." ~Mariquita Tandoc 4 September 2016

‪"They (grandchildren) make our "sunset years" worth living." ~‬Mariquita Nosce Tandoc 2020

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Rebecca Baldwin - dreams

"Let your dreams lead you to where your soul knows it belongs." ~from The Spiritual Compass (Mindful Wishes) by Rebecca Baldwin

Ben Blakeney - NAIDOC WEEK

"Here my people chanted—their stories of the dreamtime—of the spirit heroes—and of earth's creation—and our painted bodies flowed in ceremony." ~Ben Blakeney, Aboriginal actor and direct descendant of Woollarawarre Bennelong,, during the opening ceremony of Sydney Opera House.(NAIDOC Week)

B.C. Forbes Quotes

"Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter." ~B.C. Forbes

"Real riches are the riches possessed inside." ~B. C. Forbes

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