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Visual Soliloquy #543 When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space…

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #542 You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather…

You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather. ― Pema Chödrön

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Visual Soliloquy #541 Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken…

Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken. – Frank Herbert

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Visual Soliloquy #540 The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature…

The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature. –Ansel Adams

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Visual Soliloquy #539 The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent…

The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent. –Alfred Brendel

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Visual Soliloquy #538 I always say don’t make plans, make options…

I always say don’t make plans, make options. Jennifer Aniston

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Visual Soliloquy #537 Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew…

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew. –Saint Francis de Sales

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Visual Soliloquy #535 Life is a series of summits and setbacks. The way we deal with both is equally important because we can’t have one with the other…

Life is a series of summits and setbacks. The way we deal with both is equally important because we can’t have one with the other. -TA Loeffler 🙂

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Visual Soliloquy #534 Everything in life is a risk of some sort. Many climbers have been seriously hurt or killed driving home from the hills…

Everything in life is a risk of some sort. Many climbers have been seriously hurt or killed driving home from the hills. Climbing holds can break unexpectedly, but lightning also strikes. Most people exist so swaddled against danger, measuring out … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #533 In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing…

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. ~Robert Ingersoll

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Visual Soliloquy #532 No one ever really dies as long as they took the time to leave us with fond memories…

No one ever really dies as long as they took the time to leave us with fond memories. ~Chris Sorensen

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Visual Soliloquy #531 All before my little room; And in my flower-beds, I think, Smile the carnation and the pink…

All before my little room; And in my flower-beds, I think, Smile the carnation and the pink. –Rupert Brooke One of Oma’s favourite flowers was the carnation. She had pink carnations in her wedding bouquet.

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Visual Soliloquy #530 Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal…

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~From a headstone in Ireland

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Visual Soliloquy #529 Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart and bids it break…

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart and bids it break. ~William Shakespeare

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Visual Soliloquy #528 When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight…

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~Kahlil Gibran

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Visual Soliloquy #527 Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light…

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. ~Jean Giraudoux

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Visual Soliloquy #525 Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised…

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. –Denis Waitley

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Visual Soliloquy #526 The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that…

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that. –Norton Jester  

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Visual Soliloquy #524 We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong…

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. –Aldo Leopold

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Visual Soliloquy #523 Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle…

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. ― Plato

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Visual Soliloquy #522 Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen…

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. –Winston Churchill

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Visual Soliloquy #521 If one’s dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again…

If one’s dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. –Flavia Weedn

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Visual Soliloquy #520 I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed…

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #519 I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious…

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. -Albert Einstein

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Visual Soliloquy #518 It is very difficult to generalize. Everyone’s adventure is original…

It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone’s adventure is original. –Bernard Pivot

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Visual Soliloquy #517 Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down…

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. –Ray Bradbury

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Visual Soliloquy #516 My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever…

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.” ― George R.R. Martin

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Visual Soliloquy #515 Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort, but by consistent application of the best you have within you…

Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort, but by consistent application of the best you have within you. –Og Mandino Congratulations to the WOKies on our fourth anniversary of our … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #514 Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever…

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. –Lance Armstrong

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Visual Soliloquy #513 If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion…

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama

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Visual Soliloquy #512 Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be – like the reality of yesterday – an illusion tomorrow…

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be – like the reality of yesterday – an illusion tomorrow. –Luigi Pirandello

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Visual Soliloquy #511 Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world…

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world. ― Pema Chödrön

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Visual Soliloquy #510 As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion…

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion. ― Pema Chödrön

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Visual Soliloquy #509 Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity…

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #508 The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves…

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves. ― Pema Chödrön

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Visual Soliloquy #507 Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections…

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew. –St. Francis de Sales

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Visual Soliloquy #506 I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams…

I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. –W.B. Yeats In Memory of Shriya Shah-Klorfine

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Visual Soliloquy #505 Life is short, fragile and does not wait for anyone. There will NEVER be a perfect time to pursue your dreams & goals…

Life is short, fragile and does not wait for anyone. There will NEVER be a perfect time to pursue your dreams & goals. – Unknown  

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Visual Soliloquy #504 I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework…

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. –Lily Tomlin

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Visual Soliloquy #503 It is easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top…

It is easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.–Henry Ward Beecher

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