Thought: " If they don't speak the language, we think they are ignorant even if they are highly intelligent and skilled. We do not know. And... they can't branch out to reach for help either because they are contained."

Prayer: " Teach me to communicate with my freedom...."   ~ me

“Any status, any competition cannot give the singer success. The success of the singer is his audience.” - Dimash

"Small talk is a form of mild torture for me, so I absolutely know what you mean there. But I'm seeing it as a necessary hazing ritual to get through before people can trust you enough to open their deeper selves. I guess folks figure if you can't understand/follow common courtesy rituals then you might be just too upsetting to trust with more ( Read more... )

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Inspirational Women‏ @FamousWomen 9h9 hours ago

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. - Golda Meir

By someone who was paralyzed and lost everything but built it all back up tenfold. A simple youtube commenter going by the name Blaze High. Someone else in the thread asked how she did it, and she said some simple honest things about not giving up, working hard to build strength back, having to be creative in building a different business now, but ( Read more... )

I always thought it was "Never give up!" but... it's actually...

"This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

~ Winston ( Read more... )

"...Never lose courage. Tomorrow is another day. Life is littered with obstacles, but the secret is not caring about what is going wrong; concentrate on getting enough courage, and protecting your self-esteem, until tomorrow. " - Anthony Andrews

15 April 2003, Times Online