The Three Questions...

"In the end these things matter most. 

How well did you love? How full did you live? 

How deep did you let go?"

Siddhārtha Gautama

 

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Life Lessons...

"Hold on to what is good if only with your heart. 

Reach out with kindness if only with your words. 

Count your blessings if only with one hand."

Margaret M. Painter 

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Speak with the Heart...

"People hear you on the level you speak to them from. 

Speak from your heart, and they will hear with their heart."

 

Marianne Williamson

 

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La Gratitude...

Dankbarkeit. And Gratitude.

Today is four months since My Beautiful Words came to be.

And here I am walking into 2013 together with 13,000 souls on Facebook.

Four months ago, I would never have imagined it to become the community it is today, the group of souls that it is today. I find myself truly grateful for the people I have met, that through this, I possibly may never have met. I am grateful for all the mails and the encouragement I receive. And I am grateful for all the inspiration that you give me.

I am grateful for those that have believed in me since the beginning. And I am grateful for those that join with each day. I am grateful for all the shares and the likes and thoughts given. And I am grateful for all the support that I receive from so many other wonderful pages.

I am grateful for the love I have of this project. I am grateful for the passion I have of this project.

I am grateful for all that has been. For all that is. And I am grateful for all that is yet to come.

Thank you my dears... Thank you.

Much Loves,

Angela.

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New Year Wish Words...

New Year Wish Words.

The other day, I asked a question on Facebook. If there was one word you would make as your wish for the New Year, what would it be?

I was overwhelmed with the replies. Heartfully overwhelmed. I was only expecting a handful of answers, and not over two hundred. And although Love and Peace were the words most wished for, there was still one hundred words that individually came together.

So I decided, to put all the wishes together. For each of you. For all of us. Together. We know, that things have more power and passion when together.

And I added my words too. Those would be Majestic. Brave. Daring.

So sending out my wish for you... That all your words and wishes, accompany you with each moment of the New Year. With each moment of your life.

My Loves to you...

Angela.

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Dance the Dance...

"Optimist. 

Someone who figures that taking a step backward 

after taking a step forward is not a disaster. 

It is a cha cha."

Robert Brault

 

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An Act of Courage...

"An act of Courage is always an act of Love."

 

Paulo Coelho

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This is a Wonderful Day...

This is a wonderful day. 

And I have never seen this one ever before.

Maya Angelou

Today is once. And once in a lifetime.

What are you going to give yourself today? What are you going to give Life today?

Just a thought...

Much Loves, 

Angela.

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La Lune... La Lune...

"I will be looking at the moon, but all I will see is you."

Michael Ondaatje

For the Love of the moon. And simply for Love.

 

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A Prayer...

A Prayer

Where would You have me go? 

What would You have me do? 

What would You have me say, and to whom?

A Course in Miracles

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Destiny...

"The only person you are destined to become 

is the person you decide to be."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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I Will Keep Telling You...

"I will keep telling you that you are important, deserving, loving, 

intelligent, worthy, compassionate, inspiring, brave, true, strong and able. 

Until you realize it for yourself."

Unknown

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Your Dreams...

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, 

and you do not know what it will bring back. 

A new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country."

Anaïs Nin

 

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This Little Light...

"This little Light of mine, I am going to let it shine. 

Everywhere I go, I am going to let it shine. 

 All the time, I will let it shine."

Harry Dixon Loes

 

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Merry Christmas...

Merry Christmas.

From my heart. To your heart.

I hope that under your Christmas tree you find Love.

Wrapped in Hope and Faith. Tied with bows of Trust and Dignity.

Shared with Happiness and Gratitude.

Let there be Dreams to believe in. Let there be Courage.

Passion. And Compassion.

Merry Christmas.

From my heart. To your heart.

Much Loves,

Angela.

My Christmas Wish for You...

Merry Merry Christmas... Frohe Frohe Weihnachten.

Thank you, for being a part of my life.

Thank you, that you've allowed me to be a part of your life.

Thank you, simply for you.

My Christmas Love to you. Wishing you warm hearts and cold hands. Moments filled with Gratitude and Love. Constant Faith and Belief in yourself and all that is around you. Eyes that sparkle at the smallest wonders. Sing Silent Night, Holy Night. Light a candle. Or simply be that light yourself. Wishing you overflowing Blessings. And wishing you Enough. Always. But mostly wishing you Love. Grateful, joyful Love.

Merry Merry Christmas... Frohe Frohe Weihnachten.

Angela.

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And On and On and On...

"It is about wisdom, it is about togetherness whilst being separate. 

It is about change. It is about the Spirit in all of us. 

It is about tiny precious moments. It is about knowing and not knowing. 

And on and on and on."

Diana Porter

 

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We Must Learn...

We must learn to speak with Love again.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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Heaven and Earth and Life...

"Regard Heaven as your Father, 

Earth as your Mother 

and all that lives as your brother and sister."

Native American Wisdom

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Hope...

"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."

Martin Luther

 

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Possibility...

"I dwell in possibility."

Emily Dickinson

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Some Kiss...

There is some kiss we want with our whole lives,

The touch of spirit on the body.

Rumi

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Heaven...

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."

Henry David Thoreau

 

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Happiness...

"Ever since happiness heard your name, 

it has been running through the streets trying to find you."

Hāfez

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I Wish You Enough...

I wish you enough.
Of all you need. And all you want.
I wish you simply that. Enough.

I recently read these beautiful and hearttouching words from Bob Perks, and Chicken Soup For the Grieving Soul. I needed and wanted to share, as my wish for you... And for all of us. That we always have enough.

I Wish You Enough by Bob Perks

"Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. They had announced her departure and standing near the security gate, they hugged and he said, "I love you. I wish you enough." She in turn said, "Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Daddy."

They kissed and she left. He walked over toward the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say goodbye to someone knowing it would be forever?"

"Yes, I have," I replied. Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my love and appreciation for all my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his days were limited, I took the time to tell him face to face how much he meant to me.

So I knew what this man experiencing.

"Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever goodbye?" I asked.

"I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is, the next trip back would be for my funeral," he said.

"When you were saying goodbye I heard you say, "I wish you enough." May I ask what that means?"

He began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone." He paused for a moment and looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, he smiled even more."When we said 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them," he continued and then turning toward me he shared the following as if he
were reciting it from memory.

"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye."

He then began to sob and walked away."

My friends, I wish you enough!

Much Loves,

Angela.

The Most Important Hour...

"The most important hour is always the present. 

The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now. 

The most necessary work is always love."

Meister Eckhart

 

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Have Enough Courage...

"Have enough courage to trust love one more time. 

And always one more time."

Maya Angelou

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Shoot for the Moon...

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, 

you will land among the stars."

Les Brown

Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. Take that step beyond. That is where your greatest self and your greatest courage unveil themselves. In the simple true belief. And giving yourself to it with all your heart.

Reminding myself, as much as I am reminding you...

Much Loves,

Angela.

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The Question..

And that is just the point. How the world, moist and beautiful, 

calls to each of us to make a new and serious response. 

That is the big question, the one the world throws at you every morning. 

"Here you are, alive. Would you like to make a comment?"

Mary Oliver

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If You Asked Me...

"If you asked me what I came into this world to do,

I will tell you. I came to live out loud."

Émile Zola

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To Love...

"To Love is to recognize yourself in one  another."

Eckhart Tolle

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We can be Heroes...

"We can be Heroes, if just for one day."

David Bowie.

Dedicated to all the Heroes.

Yesterday's Heroes. And today's. And tomorrow's Heroes too.

Much Loves,

Angela.

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Be Still...

"Be still like a mountain, 

and flow like a great river."

Lao Tzu

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Educate The Hearts...

"It is vital when educating our children's minds, 

that we do not neglect to educate their hearts."

Dalai Lama

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The Tremble of Risk...

"It is the tremble of risk which shakes the Spirit, 

confirms courage and reinstates daring."

Mary Ann Hershey

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The Apple Tree...

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, 

I would still plant my apple tree."

Martin Luther

Yes. I would.

Trees are gifts I often give to friends. In symbolism.

I want to grow with them. With these trees. With my friends. I want us to one day, look back and see how far we've come. How much we've grown. Into life and into ourselves.

I'd like to suggest a small tree as a gift for those that are close to you as well. Be it family. Be it friends. Call it the "Life Tree". Call it the "Friendship Tree".

And always believe in tomorrow. And always believe in your dreams. And always believe in each other.

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

Much Loves,

Angela.

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PS. This is dedicated to my Dad.

For his love of trees. For his love of apple trees.

And for the love that he taught me. For life. For trees. For me. For us.

In Your Soul...

In your Soul are infinitely precious things 

that cannot be taken from you.

 

Oscar Wilde

 

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Go Confidently...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. 

Live the life you have imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

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Inside Yourself...

"What you want to ignite in others, 

must first burn inside yourself."

Aurelius Augustinus

 

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Significant...

"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions 

and by the depth of our answers."

Carl Sagan

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Power...

"The most common way people give up their power 

is by thinking they do not have any power."

Alice Walker

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Would You Live More Fiercely...

"If you knew that the words, 

'All things are possible with God' were true, 

would you live more fiercely?

Jump the gap from fear to faith and trust."

Cynthia Occelli

 

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The First and The Last and The Only You...

"There are no precedents. You are the first You that ever was."

Christopher Morley

And I'd simply like to add...

You will always be the only You, there ever will and can be.
The first. And the last. And the only You.

Seeing it that way, makes each of us a little wondrous wonder. And a most precious gift.

Much Loves,

Angela.

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The Path...

"You cannot travel the path 

until you have become the path itself."

Buddha

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Right Here and Now...

"Love is not a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. 

To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, 

right here and now."

Fred Rogers

 

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Courage...

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

 

Dorothy Bernard

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Where There is Love and Inspiration...

"Do not give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Ella Fitzgerald

Photograph: Herman Leonard

 

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A Bird Does Not Sing...

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. 

It sings because it has a song.

Maya Angelou

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Hallelujah...

"And remember when I moved in you, The holy dove was moving too.
And every breath we drew was Halleluja."

Leonard Cohen

For me personally, one of the most beautiful songs ever. Truly a song I hold close to the heart.

So here I sit, simply singing... Halleluja.

Much Loves,

Angela.

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To Write a Good Love Letter...

"To write a good love letter, you ought to begin 

without knowing what you mean to say, 

and to finish without knowing what you have written."

Jean Jacques Rousseau

"Um einen Liebesbrief zu schreiben, musst du anfangen, 

ohne zu wissen, was du sagen willst, 

und es beenden, ohne zu wissen, was du gesagt hast."

 

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