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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryu Suzuki

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Apr 04, 2016 12:49PM

“Tell your daughters how you love your body.
Tell them how they must love theirs.

Tell them to be proud of every bit of themselves—
from their tiger stripes to the soft flesh of their thighs,
whether there is a little of them or a lot,
whether freckles cover their face or not,
whether their curves are plentiful or slim,
whether their hair is thick, curly, straight, long or short.

Tell them how they inherited
their ancestors, souls in their smiles,
that their eyes carry countries
that breathed life into history,
that the swing of their hips
does not determine their destiny.

Tell them never to listen when bodies are critiqued.
Tell them every woman’s body is beautiful
because every woman’s soul is unique.”
― Nikita Gill, The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom

tags: beauty, self-love

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“I hope that someday when I am gone, someone, somewhere, picks my soul up off of these pages and thinks, "I would have loved her.”
― Nicole Lyons

“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary because they have nothing to prove to anybody. Be Humble.”
― Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip

tags: 100-days-drive, 100daysdrive, acceptance, accomplish, adventure, ambition, author, awakening, be-happy, be-proud, believe, bestrong, bestseller, bohemian, break-barriers, carma, chances, change, chase-dreams, cherish, coming-of-age, compassion, competition, confidence, conquer, conquer-fear, content, control-your-life, courage, crossroads, destiny, determination, dig-deep, don-t-give-up, don-t-judge, don-t-worry-be-happy, dream-big, dreamer, empower, energy, enjoy-life, explore, faith, fearless, find-yourself, follow-your-dreams, follow-your-heart, follow-your-own-path, forgive, free, freedom, fresh-start, goal-setting, goals, goals-in-life, good-soul, gratitude, happiness, heal, high-road, hope, humanity, humility, inner-beauty, inner-strength, inspiration, journey, joy, judgement, laugh, learn, liberate, liberating, life, life-lessons, light, limitless, live-life-quotes, love-thy-neighbor, love-thyself, love-yourself, luck, memoir, never-quit, no-regrets, nomad, one-life, open-road, opportunity, parenthood, perspective, positive-thinking, power, pride, push-limits, quote-of-the-day, quotes, reflections, resiliency, respect, risk-taking, road-trip, satisfaction, service-to-others, smile, soar, soul-food, spirituality, start-all-over, staystrong, strength, struggle, success, teamwork, thick-skin, think-outside-the-box, travel, truth, values, walk-a-mile, wander, wanderlust, wateroffaducksback, writer

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“Wild woman are an unexplainable spark of life. They ooze freedom and seek awareness, they belong to nobody but themselves yet give a piece of who they are to everyone they meet.
If you have met one, hold on to her, she'll allow you into her chaos but she'll also show you her magic.”
― Nikki Rowe