“Let sincerity be the loudest whisper you’ve ever heard, laughter fill your belly to the brim with boldness, and devotion lay its head in your bosom.
Say it straight, simple, and with a smile.”
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Always Remember When You Didn’t Know
Very true. It is easier to teach others when they know that you have been where they are. Always remember the days when you didn’t know. Let each one, teach one. Have a wonderful weekend people. 🙂
Limitations
“If you live everyday, with the capacity to stretch yourself past limitation and structure, you will find boundless opportunity is all the places that once scared you.” ― Nikki Rowe
The Measurement of Success
I usually don’t like talking a lot about certain historical figures, not because I have less respect for them, but because they are so routinely used. Like, if I hear Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks one more time this month I’ll scream. There are so many other worthy individuals to discuss than to regurgitate the same ten people whose names even the most illiterate in black history knows. So there, had to get that out.
BUT, this is such a great quote 🙂 (lol)
“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.” —Booker T. Washington
This quote does not have to limit itself to one way of seeing success, but in whatever capacity of acheivement. Whatever you put your energy into, if you have practically crossed galaxies to achieve that thing, oh how sweet the victory right? Just a quick snippet of inspiration for all you beautiful people out there. Keep going, the struggle is only gonna make the reward that much sweeter.
When She Became a Woman
“She had been a slave until she became a woman and she carried a slave’s traditions into freedom.”
– Jessie Redmond Faucet, Double Trouble
Writer’s Quote Wednesday – Non-Essentials
Today’s Writer’s Quote Wednesday is from Lin Yutang:
Have you ever known a pack rat? Are you the pack rat? The person who just cannot throw anything away? As such the garage, the storage room, the extra bedroom, or the closet overflows with all of your things. Not just anything, but things. Things that are no longer usable but take up space. This quote reminds me of that.
Anything in life that cannot be used for the benefit of moving forward is a non-essential and is just taking up space. If I cannot make use of this computer, if it is broken and it has proven to go beyond restoration, then it is no use to me. It must be undone. Left alone. I try to look at life in terms of value and quality. Anything that I add to my personal space: relationships, writing, goals, friendships, and even blogging, if it does not assist me in some way, does not add value to my life in some way, then it must be left undone. It is a non-essential. I cannot use it.
The Point of it all? Learn to do away with anything that no longer grows you.
Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer, translator, linguist and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese text into English were bestsellers in the West.
Don’t forget to join us every week for Writer’s Quote Wednesday, Hosted by Silver Threading.
Poetic Soul
“Do not write poetry only for its music unless you wish to get lost in the song. Instead, see to it that life gives to life so that you are truly a deliverer, and not just a tool.”
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