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This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

“This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson An American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

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Ka'illjuus NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Reflecting on Emerson's quote today.

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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. #<Author:0x0000558785e58118>

MINDFULNESS

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon. #<Author:0x0000558785e301e0>

HOPE

Our true work is not our job, that is what we do, not what we were created to do. Our true work is to look after each other, to protect each other and to be of benefit to one another. #<Author:0x0000558785eb3720>

HELPING OTHERS

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities—always see them, for they’re always there. #<Author:0x0000558785e83ed0>

OPTIMISM

The purpose that you wish to find in life, like a cure you seek, is not going to fall from the sky. ...I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it's not just divinely assigned. #<Author:0x0000558785e68658>

PURPOSE

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. #<Author:0x0000558785efa058>

GENEROSITY

Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion. #<Author:0x0000558785ec8710>

APPRECIATING NATURE

She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. #<Author:0x0000558785f70730>

LITERACY

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. #<Author:0x0000558785f492c0>

EDUCATION

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? #<Author:0x0000558785fc8980>

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. #<Author:0x0000558785fa8ef0>

WISDOM

To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. #<Author:0x000055878602b800>

FORGIVENESS

In union there is strength. #<Author:0x0000558786000a60>

UNITY

It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. #<Author:0x0000558785fd8240>

LIVE LIFE

I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination. #<Author:0x00005587860736a0>

DETERMINATION

Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours! #<Author:0x000055878604a8e0>

LOVE

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