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“It's like we're surrounded by this big, all-you-can-eat buffet of incredible experiences and insights and feelings and opportunities and things and people and ways to share our gifts with the world, and all we have to do is align our energy with what we want and take decisive action to allow this good in our lives.”
― You Are a Badass / You Are a Badass at Making Money
― You Are a Badass / You Are a Badass at Making Money
“First: life is hard and challenges are real. I wish I could say that you, dear reader, will be the first in human history to avoid a difficult time or two, but sure as the sun rises, Old Man Trouble has a way of finding us. But to this I say, fantastic. Difficult times shape us, and we can use them to our advantage. Avoidance is the enemy, so keep a close eye out for it. Finally, be bold by following the words from my sage grandmother: be the water, not the rock. Flow past the obstacles you face, and never stop moving toward your values. When in doubt, your values will never fail you.”
― Bold Move: A 3-Step Plan to Transform Anxiety into Power
― Bold Move: A 3-Step Plan to Transform Anxiety into Power
“We wolves will forever be in this land, for our spirits run heavy in this place. We are made of the very earth of this land.
Our spirits are the moon over the lake, of the vapor of the breaths when we run hard through fields on cold fall nights with the stars all above and around us and shining off the perfect calm of the water. Our spirit is when we are tracking deer on cold winter days, of the chase and the precise timing of the kill, and then sleeping curled together for warmth in deep snow, mouths covered in fresh, dried blood from our feasting. Our spirit is of the dark and wind and perfect stillness before a summer storm and the sounds of slow, rolling thunder off the lake, echoing through the trees. Our spirit is the smell of wet grass and wildflowers, and all the bright colors of the land and water and sky.”
― The Wolf's Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves
Our spirits are the moon over the lake, of the vapor of the breaths when we run hard through fields on cold fall nights with the stars all above and around us and shining off the perfect calm of the water. Our spirit is when we are tracking deer on cold winter days, of the chase and the precise timing of the kill, and then sleeping curled together for warmth in deep snow, mouths covered in fresh, dried blood from our feasting. Our spirit is of the dark and wind and perfect stillness before a summer storm and the sounds of slow, rolling thunder off the lake, echoing through the trees. Our spirit is the smell of wet grass and wildflowers, and all the bright colors of the land and water and sky.”
― The Wolf's Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves
“[Self-deception] is a condition where your perception is systematically distorted in your favor. We also call it having an inward mindset. Most of us won't even see that we have this problem because we need the twisted perception to feel justified when we fail to see and respond to the humanity of others. To find justification, we tend to view ourselves as either better than or worse than the people around us.”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
“There was a tremendous flash, as the crystal of the Secret Country exploded into a billion colored shards, and a ringing, terrible, sustained crash as the land, from end to end, from the Mountains of the North to the Dubious Hills, from the Wide West Waste to the Sunrise Sea, cities of men and manners, climates, councils, governments, the boost of heraldry and pomp of power, all that heart heard of or mind expressed, trees, flowers, cottages, and wells, the unicorn, the cardinal, the dragon, and the owl, sun, moon, stars, clouds, the loving detail of High Castle, the barely imagined cities of the Dwarves, the fabulous mines whence came Lord Randolph's ring, the Green Caves and the Magic Wood, King John's solemn tomb, Laura and Ellen downstairs, the stones beneath them and their very bones, shook, rang, shattered, and seemed to collapse in dust.”
― The Secret Country
― The Secret Country
Doctor Who Book Club - Traveling the Vortex
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We love Doctor Who. We love the podcast Traveling the Vortex. We love books. If any of those apply to you, then come join the fun! Traveling the Vort ...more
Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library
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Sparking curiosity and connecting our community through literacy and learning.
Urban Fantasy
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Urban fantasy is a subset of contemporary fantasy, consisting of magical novels and stories set in contemporary, real-world, urban settings--as oppose ...more
Minnesota Readers
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For all of us in Minnesnowta who love to curl up with a good book and maybe a cup of hot chocolate, tea, or my favorite, coffee! Let's talk about what ...more
Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"
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Readers, authors, illustrators, and editors aggregate here to discuss Sword & Sorcery books and related media (movies, comics, blogposts, etc.). ...more
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