A small gift for you all...

[Txantsulsam Fyawintxu]

I was thinking about ToS and everybody in here for a while now and I wanted to give you guys something inspirational and filled with love to start the day by. This thought occurred to me when there was a thread somewhere about Rumi (thanks to the user who created it by the way, whoever you are! ) and I felt inspired. It made me want to spread my heart and love to this forum too. Here's a couple poems that I think you'll all enjoy... Have fun reading them!

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The most beautiful things in the world are not seen nor touched. They are felt with the heart.
-- Helen Keller

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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
-- Mark Twain

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Those who cherish a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in their hearts, will one day realize it.
-- James Allen

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Within each of us, nature has provided all the pieces necessary to achieve exceptional health and wellness, then left it up to us to put them all together.
-- Diane McLaren

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Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
-- Henry Ford

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You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. But you can decide how you're going to live now.
-- Joan Baez

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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
-- Mahatma Gandhi

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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

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Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.
-- Barbara De Angelis

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You were born an original. Don't die a copy.
-- John Mason

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Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
-- Mahatma Gandhi

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Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
-- Mahatma Gandhi

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When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.
-- Mahatma Gandhi

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You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi

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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Mahatma Gandhi

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
-- Marianne Williamson

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The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gifted ability, or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace from that day. We cannot change our past, we cannot change the fact that people will act in certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing that we can do is play on the one string that we have and this string is, Attitude. I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I react to it. And so it is with you....We are in charge of our Attitudes.
-- Charles Swindoll

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When there is stillness, there is peace. When there is peace, there is love. When there is love, there is unity. When we come to know unity, there is an indivisible and unspoken bond that pervades everything connecting from both within and outside of us... Only then will we know the true meaning of love, peace, and unity. -- Me

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The greatest spiritual realization is truly knowing and understanding that we can never be killed by anything that Life throws at us. Once we realize all is illusion and that we are all One, we shall cease conflict and stand for ourselves and others, truly recognizing ourselves through each other. This true inner 'I' can never be assailed by anything in the entire Universe... Blessed be and know that you are never alone... -- Me

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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
--Norman Vincent Peale

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Where there are dark corners in your world, shine your light unto it. It is bound to dissolve the minute you appear. Make it worth your time to give kindness and love wherever you go and no matter how hard it may seem, there is always someone who appreciates your loving kind acts. -- Me

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I hope everybody enjoyed their time reading this! Whoever wants to put up more inspirational and loving quotes, you're more than welcome! *hugs to all*

Bye bye for now!