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#1

“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
― Ian Fleming

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#2

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver

tags: poetry

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#3

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: box, darkness, gift, love

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#4

“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: life-lessons

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#5

“to live in this world

you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it

against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Volume One

tags: excerpt-from-in-blackwater-woods, poem, poetry

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#6

“Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”
― Mary Oliver

tags: life-poetry

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#7

“You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.”
― Mary Oliver, Wild Geese

tags: inspiration, life, whimsy

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#8

“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”
― Mary Oliver

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#9

“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing,
as though I had wings.”
― Mary Oliver, Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays

tags: poetry

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#10

“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: attention, life, poetry, work

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#11

“I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: making-a-difference

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#12

“Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: beauty, nature, prettiness, snow, winter, winter-night

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#13

“When

When it’s over, it’s over, and we don’t know
any of us, what happens then.
So I try not to miss anything.
I think, in my whole life, I have never missed
The full moon
or the slipper of its coming back.
Or, a kiss.
Well, yes, especially a kiss.”
― Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

tags: love, nature, poetry

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#14

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither

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#15

“the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own”
― Mary Oliver

tags: poetry

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#16

“So come to the pond,
or the river of your imagination,
or the harbor of your longing,

and put your lips to the world.

And live
your life.”
― Mary Oliver, Red Bird

tags: life, living, poetry

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#17

“My work is the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird - equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums...”
― Mary Oliver, Thirst

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#18

“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.”
― Mary Oliver

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#19

“Every morning I walk like this around
the pond, thinking: if the doors of my heart ever close, I am as good as dead.”
― Mary Oliver

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#20

“Always there is something worth saying
about glory, about gratitude.”
― Mary Oliver, What Do We Know

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#21

“There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But, who wants easier?”
― Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Volume One

tags: poetry

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#22

“ You Chose

You chose.
You chose.
You chose.

You chose to give away your love.
You chose to have a broken heart.
You chose to give up.
You chose to hang on.

You chose to react.
You chose to feel insecure.
You chose to feel anger.
You chose to fight back.
You chose to have hope.

You chose to be naïve.
You chose to ignore your intuition.
You chose to ignore advice.
You chose to look the other way.
You chose to not listen.
You chose to be stuck in the past.

You chose your perspective.
You chose to blame.
You chose to be right.
You chose your pride.
You chose your games.
You chose your ego.
You chose your paranoia.
You chose to compete.
You chose your enemies.
You chose your consequences.

You chose.
You chose.
You chose.
You chose.

However, you are not alone. Generations of women in your family have chosen. Women around the world have chosen. We all have chosen at one time in our lives. We stand behind you now screaming:

Choose to let go.
Choose dignity.
Choose to forgive yourself.
Choose to forgive others.
Choose to see your value.
Choose to show the world you’re not a victim.
Choose to make us proud.”
― Shannon L. Alder

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#23

“Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in.”
― Shannon L. Alder

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#24

“Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: anger, ego, misinterpretation, misunderstand, misunderstandings, overthinking, pain, perception, perspective, questions, reading-into-everything, reading-into-things, second-quessing, self-esteem, self-improvement

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#25

“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said. The art of reading between the lines is a life long quest of the wise.”
― Shannon L. Alder

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#26

“Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are.”
― Shannon L. Alder

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#27

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: beliefs, books, boyfriend, choices, faith, family, friendships, girlfriend, hang-ups, in-love, life, love, marriage, memories, moving-on, nostalgia, obsessions, peace, relationships, religion, sister-in-laws, sisters, spouse, unrequited-love, wife, writing

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#28

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: alone, blending-in, bravery, choices, confidence, conformity, courage, different, diversity, empowerment, fake, false, hiding, integrity, personality, regret, regrets, remorse, self-esteem, self-love, self-respect, self-worth, standing-up-for-other-women, true-self, uniqueness

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#29

“The chains that keep you bound to the past are not the actions of another person. They are your own anger, stubbornness, lack of compassion, jealousy and blaming others for your choices. It is not other people that keep you trapped; it is the entitled role of victim that you enjoy wearing. There is a familiarness to pain that you enjoy because you get a payoff from it. When you figure out what that payoff is then you will finally be on the road to freedom.”
― Shannon L. Alder

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#30

“Unless she scares the hell out of you, blows the cobwebs from your mind, scorches your heart with passion, melts your chains with goodness and lights a fire in your pants...then she is not the one.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: break-ups, clarity, courtship, dating, dating-101, dating-tips, discernment, fiance, finding-a-spouse, knowing-vs-guessing, longevity, prayers, relatinships-101, relationship, seeking, selective, stayingpositiveu-com, the-one

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