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Stillpont

Stillpoint

Your looks aren't everything
Keepers of the vine

DON’T PRIORITISE YOUR LOOKS, my friend.

They won’t last the journey.

Your sense of humour, though, will only get better.

Your intuition will grow and expand like a majestic cloak of wisdom.

Your ability to choose your battles will be fine-tuned to perfection.

Your capacity for stillness, for living in the moment, will blossom.

And your desire to live each and every moment will transcend all other wants.

Your instinct for knowing what (and who) is worth your time, will grow and flourish like ivy on a castle wall.

Don’t prioritise your looks my friend.

They will change forevermore.

That pursuit is one of much sadness and disappointment.

Prioritise the uniqueness that makes you you, and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls to dance in your orbit.

These are the things which will only get better.

DONNA ASHWORTH

SQUARE PEGS, ROUND HOLES?

When 

you 

are 

born 

into 

a 

world 

where you DON’T FIT IN, 

     it’s 

     because 

     you 

     were 

     born 

     to help create a NEW ONE.

MELISSA OLZARD

THE BATHROOM?

“Help” is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn’t matter how you pray – with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or dancing. Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance-floors. Years ago I wrote an essay that began, “Some people think that God is in the details, but I have come to believe that God is in the bathroom …” 

ANNE LAMOTT – ‘PLAN B: FURTHER THOUGHTS ON FAITH’  

SUCK IT UP!

You 

  say 

    you’re 

      a 

        coffee-lover, 

          but 

            until 

you’ve tried to suck the 

spilled coffee off your shirt, 

            we’re 

          just 

        not 

      on 

    the 

  same 

level.

NANEA HOFFMAN – SWEATPANTS & COFFEE.COM

ABUNDANCE!

Keep a gratitude journal. And, every night, list five things that happened this day that you’re grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you’ll always see that the universe is abundant, and you’ll have more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you’ll never have enough. 

OPRAH WINFREY

LET’S TALK …

Like a colourful fool

I waltz in to

the presence of God,

sit down,

put my feet on his desk, .

and say, “I’m ready, let’s talk …”

For some absurd reason

of grace

God doesn’t blast me away

into a thousand microns.

Instead, he sits

and listens,

and waits,

until I have learnt enough

to humbly take my feet

off his desk,

and ask if we could start afresh.

JANET ROWLEY

THE INVITATION

Today I will delete from my diary 

two days: 

yesterday and tomorrow.

Yesterday was to learn, and

tomorrow will be the consequence

of what I can do today.

Today I will face life

with the conviction that this day

will not ever return.

Today is the last opportunity 

I have to live intensely, 

as no one can assure me

that I will see tomorrow’s sunrise.

Today I will be brave enough 

not to let any opportunity pass me by;

my only alternative is to succeed.

Today I will invest 

my most valuable resource: my time,

in the most transcendental 

work: my life.

I will spend each minute

passionately to make 

of today a different

and unique day in my life.

Today I will defy every obstacle 

that appears on my way, trusting 

I will succeed.

Today I will resist 

pessimism, and will conquer 

the world with a smile,

with the positive attitude

of expecting always the best.

Today I will take the time to be happy 

and will leave my footprints and my presence 

in the hearts of others.

Today, I invite you to begin a new season 

where we can dream that

everything we undertake is possible, 

and fulfill it with joy and dignity.

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

DIE YOUNG!

Those 

   who 

love 

   deeply 

never 

   grow 

old. 

      They may die of old age, 

      but they die young.

ARTHUR PINERO

OLD LOVE

The question is asked, “Is there anything more beautiful in life than a young couple clasping hands and pure hearts in the path of marriage? Can there be anything more beautiful than young love?”

And the answer is given: “Yes, there is a more beautiful thing. It is the spectacle of an old man and an old woman finishing their journey together on that path. Their hands are gnarled, but still clasped; their faces are seamed, but still radiant; their hearts are physically bowed and tired, but still strong with love and devotion for one another.

“Yes, there is a more beautiful thing than young love: old love!”

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

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