Life...

"In the end these things matter most. 

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

How deep did you let go?"

Buddha

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Something Somewhere...

"Something has called out of somewhere.
Something in me is trying to answer."

Emily Carr

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This Childlike Innocence...

"No matter what happens, always keep your childlike innocence. 

It is the most important thing."

Federico Fellini

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Learn and Teach...

"When you learn, teach. 

When you get, give."

Maya Angelou

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Calmness...

"Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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I Will... I Will...

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will."

Edward Everett Hale

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That Moment is Now...

"There is only one moment in time when it is necessary to awaken. 

That moment is now."

Buddha

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Let Us Begin...

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. 

We have only today. Let us begin."

Mother Teresa

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The Train Home to Yourself...

"They say they built the train tracks over the alps between Vienna and Venice before there was a train that could make the trip. But they built it anyway. They knew one day the train would come. Any arbitrary turn along the way, and I would be elsewhere. I would be different. What are four walls, anyway? They are what they contain. The house protects the dreamer. Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game. It is such a surprise."

Under the Tuscan Sun

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Happiness...

"If you want to be Happy, be."

Leo Tolstoy

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Breathless and Beautiful...

"There must be always remaining in every life, 

some place for the singing of angels. 

Some place for that which in itself is breathless  and beautiful."

Howard Thurman

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To Sing...

"I want to sing like the birds sing, 

not worrying about who hears or what they think. 

But simply to sing."

Rumi

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The Importance of You...

"If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet. How important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every encounter with another."        

Fred Rogers

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Do That...

"What is the most important thing you can do today 

to move things to where you want them to go?  Do that."

Danielle LaPorte

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The Courage...

"Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. 

It is the courage to continue that counts."

Sir Winston Churchill

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Your Curiosity...

"Your curiosity will save the world."

 

Jane Birkin

Tonight. Jane Birkin as she sang Serge Gainsbourg Via Japan.

"Your curiosity will save the world."

She was more beautiful than ever.

Her voice. Her self. Her words.

Thank you Jane. Thank you for a beautiful evening.

Much Loves,

Angela

Photography by Tony Frank

Strength and Dignity...

She is clothed with strength and dignity 

and she laughs without fear of her future.

Proverbs 31:25

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The Power...

"You have always had the power my dear. You have had it all along. 

You just had to learn it for yourself."

Glinda, The Good Witch
The Wizard of Oz

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Burn Bright...

"Life is no 'brief candle' to me. 

It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment. 

And I want to make it burn as brightly as possible."

George Bernard Shaw

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You and Now...

"Why You? Because there is no one better.
Why now? Because tomorrow isn't soon enough. "
                                               
Donna Brazile

And all I can say is...

Courage my dears. Courage.

Much Loves,

Angela

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I Love You...

"Immature love says, 'I love you because I need you.'
Mature love says, 'I need you because I love you.'"

Erich Fromm

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The Leo...

The Leo.

Majestic. Warm Spirit. Confidence.

For all of Leo.

You are Majestic. You are of Warm Spirit. You are Confidence.

And I would say... You are wonderful.

Thank you for being you.

July 23- August 22

Much Loves,

Angela

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Boldness... Boldness...

"Boldness, and again boldness. 

And always boldness."

Georges Danton

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Love Letter to Life...

"Dear Past, Thank you for all the lessons you gave me.
Dear Future, I am ready now."

Unknown

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I Am...

"I Am. Two of the most powerful words. 

And what you put after them shapes your reality."

Unknown

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Love Is...

"Love is quiet understanding and mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses."          

Ann Landers

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I Have a Big Heart...

"I have a big heart. And I will use it."

Unknown

"Ich habe ein großes Herz. Und ich werde es benutzen."

Words, that I read in a German magazine the other day.

And as I read them, I found myself smiling and saying "Yes".

I hope they leave you smiling and saying the same.

Much Loves,

Angela

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You Are...

"You are the difference. 

Without you, this world just wouldn‘t be the same."

Angela Gwinner

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The Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

“My hope is that that this new era beginning to open, be an era of understanding for fundamental questions of health. That this period be an era of love and friendship between humans and among all peoples.” 

Grandmother Bernadette Rebienot

www.grandmotherscouncil.org

Today I spent the day with the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers.

It was an honour. It was inspiring. Humble and majestic.

And it was awakening.

There's a beautiful book which I read last year, and I can only recommend.

"Grandmothers Counsel the World. Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet", by Carol Schaefer.

Each of the Grandmothers was a grace of her own. Be it Agnes or Flordemayo. And a very personal encounter and heart's embrace with Julieta left me with an overwhelming blessing.

Thank you for today. Thank you for the experience. And thank you, for reminding us of the importance of our traditions and ancestors. But also reminding us of our obligation and responsibility to this beautiful life and world that we live in.

Much Loves,

Angela

The Flame of Tradition...

"Tradition is not to preserve the ashes. 

But to pass on the flame."

Gustav Mahler

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Happiness...

"Happiness, not in another place, but this place. 

Not for another hour, but for this hour."

Walt Whitman

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Look at the Sky...

"Look at The Sky. That sky is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street. Those faces are for you. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing."

Miranda July

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The Universe...

"The Universe is always speaking to us. Sending us little messages, causing coincidences and creating serendipities, reminding us to stop and to look around. Reminding us to believe in something else, to believe in something more."            

Nancy Thayer

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Coming Home...

"Just keep coming home to yourself. 

You are the one you have been waiting for."

Byron Katie

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Come Alive...

"Do not ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive. And  then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

Howard Thurman

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Listen...

"There are times when we stop and we sit still. In that moment we listen. 

And breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper."

James Carroll

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Believe in Yourself...

"You have got to believe that you are worth more. It all starts there. You can hesitate and be doubtful, you can even worry that you won’t get what you want. But in your heart of hearts, you have to fully claim that you are worthy. And amazing. The world reflects back to you how much you value yourself."

Danielle LaPorte

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Gentle Strength...

"Nothing is so strong as true gentleness. 

Nothing is so gentle as true strength."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Remember to Live...

"Remember to live."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Where Life Begins...

"The very center of your heart is where life begins. 

The most beautiful place on earth."

Rumi

 

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Something Amazing...

"Something amazing happens when we surrender and just love. We melt into another world, a realm of power already within us. The world changes when we change. The world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world."

Marianne Williamson

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You Can Choose...

"Children, all your life you will be faced with a choice. 

You can choose love or hate. And I choose Love."

Johnny Cash

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Teachings of My Heart...

"I have been and still remain to be a seeker. 

But I have ceased to question the stars and the books 

and I have begun to listen to the teaching my heart whispers to me."

Hermann Hesse

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Encourage...

"See everyone for who they are and allow them to be who they are. 

And then, encourage them to become who they long to be."

Guru Singh

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The Grandness of Canada...

"It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw. Not because she is Canada, but because she is something sublime that you were born into. Some great rugged power that you are a part of."

Emily Carr

This one is for Canada. Beautiful and true words for Canada.

I believe it silently says it all. For me. For us all.

Much Loves,

Angela

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Wherever You Stand...

"Wherever you stand, be the Soul of that place."

Rumi

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The Question of Life...

"Life is an unanswered question. 

But let's still believe in and never forget, 

the dignity and the importance of that question."
            
Tennessee Williams

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This Very Moment...

"This very moment is the perfect teacher."

Pema Chödrön

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Forgiveness...

"Forgiveness wipes the slate clean, 

so that other things can come in."

Louise L. Hay

 

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The Mountain...

"The wind howls, but the mountain remains still."

Japanese Proverb

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