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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars

Kahlil Gibran

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From the bottom to the top.

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Challenges make life interesting; however, overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Mark Twain

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So inspired to travel.

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A Brief Guide

less TV, more reading less shopping, more outdoors less clutter, more space less rush, more slowness less consuming, more creating less junk, more real food less busywork, more impact less driving, more walking less noise, more solitude less focus on the future, more on the present less work, more play less worry, more smiles breathe

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Early Humans: Wooo lets travel the lands, discover worlds we've never seen before, the nomadic life!

Humans Now: meh. I'm comfy, can we just eat pizza and not go any where today?

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Steve Jobs

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The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It's all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.

Neil Armstrong 

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The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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You are not what happened to you in the past

No matter how chaotic the past has been, the future is a clean, fresh, wide open slate. You are not your past habits. You are not your past failures. You are not how others have at one time treated you. You are only who you think you are right now in this moment. You are only what you do right now in this moment.

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“You must choose. You must prioritize. In order to do well and be happy, you must say, to many people and activities, “No, thank you.” In this era, you must deliberately preserve and cultivate your most valuable connections to people, activities and whatever else is most important to you. As you take back control and lead a sane life, you become the person you really want to be. You will enjoy — while they last — the childhoods of your kids, the ripening of your marriage, and these best years of your life. You will give yourself permission to make the most of the short time you have on this planet.”

Dr. Edward Hallowell (via livelovelaugh)

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Second year in college, personal statement we meet again.

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The harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

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People are always complaining that they don't have this and that. That they don't have enough. That they want everything. Sometimes you just have to stop and look around. Appreciate everything that you do have and realize how fortunate you are with something as simple as clean running water. Stop complaining and start making a difference: Lifted Tees

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Nobody is perfect, and nobody deserves to be perfect. Nobody has it easy. You never know what people are going through. Every one of us has issues. So don’t belittle yourself or anyone else. Everybody is fighting their own unique war.

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Strive

No matter how much progress you make there will always be the people who insist that whatever you’re trying to do is impossible. Or they may incessantly suggest that the idea or dream as a whole is utterly ridiculous because nobody really cares. When you come across these people, don’t try to reason with them. Instead, forget that they exist. They will only waste your time and energy.

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No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.