Author Archives: Kim Upton
“no” is really an okay word to use
“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.” — Tony Blair “Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “If you do what … Continue reading
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under a wing
“The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.” ~George Elliot “Flowers have spoken to me more … Continue reading
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the children are my home
“So when the great word ‘Mother!’ rang once more, I saw at last its meaning and its place; Not the blind passion of the brooding past, But Mother — the World’s Mother — come at last, To love as she … Continue reading
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a mother’s testimony
“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error. Let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly. That is the first law of nature.” — Voltaire “And as they continued to ask him, … Continue reading
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all well be well
“All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” ― Julian of Norwich “Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.” ― Rumi Let … Continue reading
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the one and only you
“That’s what has happened to humanity. Everybody is pretending. Authenticity is lost, truth is lost, everybody is trying to show that he is somebody else. Just look at yourself: you are pretending to be somebody else. And you can be … Continue reading
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dreaming with tom joad
“Man, he lives in the jerks– baby born an’ a man dies, an’ that’s a jerk– gets a farm an’ loses his farm, an’ that’s a jerk. Woman, it’s all one flow, like a stream, little eddies, little waterfalls, but … Continue reading
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it is okay to quit
“As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and … Continue reading
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library dragonfly
“It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, … Continue reading
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“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” — Joseph Campbell
“Life consists in learning to live on one’s own, spontaneous, freewheeling: to do this one must recognize what is one’s own—be familiar and at home with oneself. This means basically learning who one is, and learning what one has to … Continue reading
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