“And now
after everything:
I know this:
There is a reason
I am here.
And that reason
is bigger than me.
So I will carry on
with great faith
beyond what I can see.
in pursuit of bold courage,
on the adventure
of the journey.”
―
after everything:
I know this:
There is a reason
I am here.
And that reason
is bigger than me.
So I will carry on
with great faith
beyond what I can see.
in pursuit of bold courage,
on the adventure
of the journey.”
―
“She no longer had the desire to bend herself into the frame of photographs where she was unwelcome”
― All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living
― All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living
“And here I am,
in the middle of it all
learning to see the beauty and truth
in all I do not understand,
I will hold hope within my hands
that I can be here in the betweens
and find joy right where I am
and know endless, boundless peace
running wild over everything.”
―
in the middle of it all
learning to see the beauty and truth
in all I do not understand,
I will hold hope within my hands
that I can be here in the betweens
and find joy right where I am
and know endless, boundless peace
running wild over everything.”
―
“and perhaps
what made her beautiful
was not her appearance
or what she achieved,
but in her love
and in her courage,
and her audacity
to believe:
no matter
the darkness
around her,
Light ran wild
within her,
and that was the way
she came alive,
and it showed up
in everything.”
―
what made her beautiful
was not her appearance
or what she achieved,
but in her love
and in her courage,
and her audacity
to believe:
no matter
the darkness
around her,
Light ran wild
within her,
and that was the way
she came alive,
and it showed up
in everything.”
―
“Maybe if you had been different,
you would have been what they wanted.
But maybe if you have been what they wanted,
you would have been different
than who you were supposed to be.”
― Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters
you would have been what they wanted.
But maybe if you have been what they wanted,
you would have been different
than who you were supposed to be.”
― Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters
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