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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

by Terry Tempest Williams

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The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday

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The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

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“I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

tags: beauty, daily, die, life, live, moment, sleep, suffering, ugly

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“They say time is money, but that's not true. Time is life. And if I want the fullest life, I need to find fullest time... the busyness of your life leaving little room for the source of your life...

God gives us time. And who has time for God?

Which makes no sense.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

tags: faith

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“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.”
― Anonymous

tags: misattributed-roald-dahl, paraphrase-of-horace, play, relaxation

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“When I fully enter time’s swift current, enter into the current moment with the weight of all my attention, I slow the torrent with the weight of me all here.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

tags: attention, current, here, moment, slow, speed, swift, weight

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“Nothing is impossible for him who believes.”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version

tags: believe, inspirational, religious

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