And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. —Anaïs Nin

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

ANAïS NIN

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COMMENTS

Anonymous JULY 9, 2018
Truth
Scott FEBRUARY 24, 2016
Time to blossom!
Patty from Houston Texas  FEBRUARY 24, 2016
That day has arrived ! Fully vegan life now!
Anonymous FEBRUARY 23, 2016
This was the saying in a framed art print that I gave to Billy when we had been dating a few months...It hung in our home of 30+ years until I moved...<3
Nancy FEBRUARY 23, 2016
I encourage everybody to take the chance and blossom.... it is the greatest feeling in the world!

Ambition is enthusiasm with a purpose. —Frank Tyger
I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love. You can find it in a simple act of kindness toward someone who needs help. There is no mistaking love…it is the common fiber of life, the flame that heats our soul, energizes our spirit and supplies passion to our lives. —Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. —Carl Gustav Jung
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. —Aristotle
When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed. —Fred Rogers
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. —Mark Twain
That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. —Simone de Beauvoir
Real strength is not just a condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit. —McCallister Dodds
Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong. —Peter McIntyre
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. —Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. —William Shakespeare
May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires. Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire. —D. Simone
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness. —Lao Tzu
Health is the greatest of all possessions; a pale cobbler is better than a sick king. —Jonathan Swift
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. —Michael Phelps
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home. —Christian D. Larson

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