Declare Your Passion...

"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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You Are a Superhero...

"A Superhero is someone who invites her wisest, bravest, most alive self to come out and play. This doesn’t mean having all the answers, being unshakably strong or performing dramatic feats of heroism. It means being someone like you and someone like me. Someone who is anxious and uncertain. Someone who wants to live a juicy, full, courageous life, but doesn’t always know how. And someone who understands that vulnerability just might be the greatest superpower of all."

Andrea Scher

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Advice for a Human No. 91

Advice for a Human

No. 91

"You are lucky to be alive. Inhale and take in life's wonders. 

Never take so much as a single petal of a flower for granted."

Matt Haig

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Start With Thank You...

"Say thank you for being who you are, for being alive.
To me, there's no better way to start the day."

Maya Fiennes

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I Like Living...

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable and racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."

Agatha Christie 

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Moments of Happiness...

"And I believe a moment of happiness, it is that sensation of being alive. 

And realising, how far it is you have come."

Marilyn Monroe 

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Try to be Alive...

"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive."

Ernest Hemingway

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Don't Ever Forget This...

"Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? 

That is called purpose. You are alive for a reason. Don't forget it."

Unknown

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This is Your Life...

"This is your Life. And every moment is once. 

Once and for all."

Angela Gwinner

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Learning to Love...

"I must learn to love the fool in me. The one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of my human aliveness, humility, and dignity."

Theodore Isaac Rubin

Learning to Love... Learning to Love.

Embracing, accepting, acknowledging ourselves.

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Angela.

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Your Passion...

"Passion is as much a necessity  for all you dare to do And all you dare to be, as Love is. Passion is your driving force. It's what brings you home. It's what calls your name with faith and trust, and it longs and yearns just as much for you. It's what sets you on fire and keeps you alive. It's your curiosity, your hunger and your thirst. And only you, you alone, can bring the passion to life. And your Passion is why you are here. Let it be your guide."

Angela Gwinner 

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Random Thoughts...

Today. I found myself listening to Ella Fitzgerald.

"The Best Is Yet To Come"...

It was just a simple, happy moment, taking a break from work.

Pouring a cup of coffee. Sitting in the living room.

Autumn sun shining through the window. Eating raspberries.

And then suddenly there I was.

I didn't even notice the moment.

But I was dancing. Together with Ella.

Just the two of us.


Sometimes... that is all we need.

To stand up and dance.

And let ourselves be moved by all the moves us.


And maybe that's the question of the day.

When was the last time you simply danced?

With no reservation? And no hesitation?


Much Loves,

Angela.

PS. Thank you Ella.

I Am Alive...

"I ask you right here please to agree with me, that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means that I am alive. And that I have survived."       

Chris Cleave

I cannot even begin to tell you how this touched me as I read these words. Yes, I wear scars on my knees, as I wear them on my heart. But I have come to learn to embrace my scars as my beauty marks. Both inside and out.

And I have come to learn to wear them as the words written on the pages of my storybook called life. And I have come to learn to wear them like the jewels on a crown I call gracious and brave and strong and vulnerable and noble.

And yes, each of these scars... My scars and your scars. They mean we are alive.

Much Loves,

Angela.
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We Are Human...

"We are human. We are not perfect. We are alive. We try things. We make mistakes. We stumble. We fall. We get hurt. We rise again. We try again. We keep learning. We keep growing. And we are thankful for this priceless opportunity called life."

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Life...

"Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. 

One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."

Eleanor Roosevelt

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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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