[kimpauls]

___uncafe

[antigonick]

All my life they had made choices for me, and I had resented it. Now the choice was mine, and once it was made, I would have no right to blame anyone else for the consequences. Loss of that privilege, to blame others, unexpectedly stung.

—Megan Whalen Turner, A Conspiracy of Kings, in the Queen’s Thief Series

[metsang]

Ilya S. Glazunov, The Lake of Tears, 1988.

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[tordenvejr]

the only way to get what you want is to be brave enough to move towards it. if there is a willingness to be momentarily uncomfortable in order to live the life that calls from your heart then fear loses much of its claim over you and your decisions

[papayajuan2019]

my daily habit of continuing on

[icreatewhatibelieve]

Physical reality is only a mirror. And whatever you define it to be; whatever you believe is most true, is what you get. So it's very important to pay attention to those beliefs and those definitions, for it is those and only those that create your physical reality experience.

Bashar

[icreatewhatibelieve]

People have often been conditioned to expect less than the best and just settle for less than the best in life. I have found it worthwhile to declare often as I go about my day: “nothing but the best.“ This helps me to open my mind to receive in an over-all way.

Catherine Ponder

[luthienne]

Mary Oliver, from Swan; "More Evidence"

[Text ID: Refuse all cooperation with the heart's death.]

[soracities]

Fady Joudah, from the poetry collection [...], excerpt pub. The Yale Review [ID']

[soundcarvings]

“That isn’t who I want to be so I will simply not become it” are words I repeat to myself often these days.

[authenticity2025]

Maturity is when you realize people can't give you what they can't give themselves, so you stop expecting loyalty from people who betray themselves, stop expecting honesty from people who lie to themselves, and stop expecting peace from people who are at war with themselves.

[undinesea]

The light enters and I remember who I am;

Jorge Luis Borges, "The Watcher", from Selected Poems

[jb-blunk]

in this terrifying world you continuously have the power to offer someone else a little relief . why would you withhold that. do you remember what a little relief feels like? it feels like a lot

[primulaceas]

Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

[the-daily-word]

[lains-reality]

it is not necessary to get rid of thoughts, images or ideas; just cease deriving your sense of identity from them.

ー rupert spira