“When people show you who they are, believe them.”

“When people show you who they are, believe them.”

~  Maya Angelou

"Great necessities call out great virtues."

"Great necessities call out great virtues."

~ Abigail Adams, First Lady

"It is in times of need, distress, and reckoning that great women and men rise to the occasion and act. First Lady Abigail Adams, along with her colonial American compatriots, witnessed countless examples of courage, sacrifice, humility, and honor during the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. In 1780, amid the trials of the Revolutionary War, Adams wrote these words in a letter to her young son, John Quincy Adams, to remind him that hard times require us to act on our best qualities."

quote from Inspiring Quotes email, November 29, 2021

"inside the person you know, there is a person you do not know”

“But in Syria there is a saying: inside the person you know, there is a person you do not know.”

~ Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too."

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too."

~ Anne Frank

Choose wisely

“Attitude is a choice.
Happiness is a choice.
Optimism is a choice.
Kindness is a choice.
Giving is a choice.
Respect is a choice.
Whatever choice you make makes you.
Choose wisely.”

~ Roy T. Bennett

A poem lovely as a tree.

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray.

~Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)

“The body will go where the mind takes it”

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The night my husband was diagnosed with cancer, a dear friend, @drstephmoore, said to buy a candle that very night. A candle? Seemed like an odd “doctor’s order.” 

“The body will go where the mind takes it,” she said. The body will go where the mind takes it. Light the candle, she told him. Focus on the flame. That’s the power of the human spirit, will, determination, love. Harness that strength. Now, watch the wax drip away. Those are the cancer cells. Envision them disappearing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/today-show-fans-rally-behind-hoda-kotb-after-she-shares-emotional-instagram/ar-AAQjEwd

The Light Collection

Its very essence is change. Be inspired by its flame. That’s your inner strength, the power of faith, hope and love. And may the wax that melts away take with it your troubles and doubts.

https://lifesaboutchange.com/pages/the-light-collection