Power does not grant you wisdom, but wisdom does grant you power.
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. (Stephen Vincent Benet)
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If you can’t be the light in the shadows, be the gem that refracts the light all around.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. (Edith Wharton)

Undoing desire
Melting snow beckons me close
Leaf drifts morning comes

“There’s no limit to what you can dream. You the unexpected, you in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities. Then you grow older and that innocence is shattered and somewhere along the way the reality of gets in the way and you’re hit by the realization that you can’t be you wanted to be, you just might have to settle for a little bit less.”
– Cecelia Ahern

“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious…and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
– Walt Disney Company

Peace, passion, compassion.
God is the king, the king is god.
As one, united and free.
Hear our voices.
In ancestral footsteps we tread.
Freedom and justice.
None shall pass.
Gold in peace, steel in war.
From two now as one.
Strength, prosperity, perseverance.

Shadows Of The Past Can Become Shades Of The Present.
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A Garden Of Sticks.
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Saving It For Yesterday.
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Making A Minute Last A Lifetime.
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Like Trying To Smell With Your Eyes.
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WORD OF THE DAY

FlivverFLIH-vərPart of speech: nounOrigin: Unknown, early 20th century

1A cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition.

Examples of Flivver in a sentence “My dad is so frugal he refuses to give up his flivver until it can’t be driven.” “It may look like a flivver, but that car served me well through my 20s.”

All You Control is How You Play

“The internet is a great way to get on the net.” via Funny Quote of the Day https://ift.tt/2RT5XRQ

Who Is Cato? Roman Senator. Mortal Enemy of Julius Caesar.

“Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.” via Art Quote of the Day https://ift.tt/2YR2dlm

Who is Gaius Musonius Rufus? Getting to Know “The Roman Socrates”

Gracious Father, my redeemer, I ask of you with a troubled heart. Grant me wisdom so I might be strong once more. I request this of you in your most holy name, o giver of life. Empower me with your infinite favor.

“It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.” via Today’s Quote https://ift.tt/38H2Fau