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“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
This quote comes from Carter Crocker. He wrote the script for various animated films. This quote is uttered by the character, Christopher Robin, in the film, Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin. While it’s from a children’s story, this moment in the film touches on the difficult subject…
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“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
It’s natural to feel sad when something good comes to an end. Practically no one sees a good thing come to an end and says glad that’s over. Whether it’s a great experience, a good book or movie, or the life of a loved one, the more common response is…
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“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”
“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shown.” This quote, from a John Steinbeck novel, is so true. When a light goes out in the midst of darkness, it takes a moment for our eyes to adjust. For a…
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“The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the anniversaries of the heart.”
This quote by the poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is actually the first three lines of his poem ‘Holiday.’ To read the full poem, click here. The quote, and poem, is about memories. It’s about the memories we have not just about things and places, but also people after they’re gone.…
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“Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.”
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
“Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax.”
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Living Life Poetically: If Only
This poem is fairly short compared to the others. And the introduction to it will be short as well. “If Only” explores a simple question. What if we could turn back the clock after a tragedy? There’s always that one thing that changes everything. So what if we could just…
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Living Life Poetically: Until We Meet Again
I have to admit: I’m more drawn to writing fiction. I like making up names of people and places, imagining a character’s history and personality, and doing all the creative things that go with coming up with a story. “Until We Meet Again” is a unique poem because it’s based…
