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The Life We Love

There are two essential things, I believe, which bring happiness to people. One is to love and be loved. The other is to feel productive, to have a sense of purpose in life.

If we are lucky, we do work that we love. If we do not love our work (I have been
there, done that, and likely most of us have at some point in our lives), nonetheless, there is satisfaction in the expending of energy to build a life.

Building a life. Within the current scenario in society right now, let’s not lose sight of our desire, and our right, to build lives that we love. Much of our sense of fulfillment is rooted in our deep human drives.

The Life We Love © Susan L Hart 2021 | Friendly comments welcome | Photo courtesy shanghaistoneman, Pixabay

Same Stuff as Stars

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When life feels burdensome, just remember…

You are made from the same stuff as the stars. Your soul in its essence is eternal and free.

Revel in the sheer beauty of who you are. Yes, your soul is a work in progress, but you are also already a masterpiece of creation.

Make your life as beautiful as it was meant to be…

Inspiring quotes:

“As if you were on fire from within.
The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
~ Pablo Neruda

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
~ Amy Bloom

“So many things become beautiful when you really look.” ~ Lauren Oliver

“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”
~ Rumi

Same Stuff as Stars, Susan L Hart 2021 | Friendly comments welcome | Photo art courtesy gene1970, Pixabay

Nature’s Sensibility

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Nature presents to us constantly the reminder of our roots, our organic selves, our place in the natural and creative world.

It also brings us back to what is real and sensible. In short, we are able to retrieve our commons sense and sanity in what is increasingly an insane society.

I’m feeling a little soul weary this morning, so I’m keeping my own words short. But I thought I’d bring you some fave quotes from Henry David Thoreau, on which to ponder today. After this, I’m heading to my park and the river to recharge… I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

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Nature quotes by the transcendentalist writer, Henry David Thoreau:

“We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”

“Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.”

“I have a room all to myself; it is nature.”

“He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.”

“Every blade in the field – Every leaf in the forest – lays down its life in its season as beautifully as it was taken up.”

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”

“Wildness is the preservation of the World.”

Nature’s Sensibility © Susan L Hart 2021 |Friendly comments welcome | Photos courtesy of, danfador, jplenio, Simon, epicantus, Free-Photos, PublicDomainPictures, Comfreak, Piixabay

Monday’s Courage

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How much courage does it take to get up on a Monday and face another week of LIFE? Today, for some people, it will take quite a lot…

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Just remember, if life’s feeling much better than that for you right now, then look around and see who you can inspire and/or help out. Even just one small act of kindness could go a long way towards helping someone who is struggling to keep their head above water.

We are all connected. What you send out will always come back to you, so aspire to send out the very best that you can. Acts of kindness should be given with love and without thought for any return, but nonetheless, some day you may be the one who needs a little fortification of courage!

Inspirational Courage Quotes:

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~ Lao Tzu

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston S. Churchill

“Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.” ~ Erica Jong

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” ~ Maya Angelou

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~ Anais Nin

“Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.” ~ Roy T. Bennett

“Courage is grace under pressure.” ~ Ernest Hemingway

“The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” ~ Victor Hugo

“Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another’s trouble,
Courage in your own.”
~ Adam Lindsay Gordon

Living Your Passion

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The every day grind has this way of zapping our enthusiasm for life. Consider the term “hump day”, coined for the midpoint (Wednesday for many) of the workweek, the light at the end of that long, dark tunnel to the next day off. And particularly the past year and half in all this viral muddle, we are struggling to overcome the inertia of “life on pause”.

What best generates your enthusiasm for living? For myself, I would say it is something to aim for, a passion, a purpose. I’m happiest when I am being creative and working towards a goal.

Are you living your most passionate life? If not, what is there in you that would light a spark to do that? After all, your life’s too short and precious to not live it enthusiastically and passionately, each and every day! It’s time to create your magical life.

For more reading, you’ll find some brilliant insights and suggestions in this article: What to do when you lose all your enthusiasm.

Inspirational Quotes:

“Enthusiasm can help you find the new doors, but it takes passion to open them. If you have a strong purpose in life, you don’t have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.” ~ Roy T. Bennett

Believe in your heart that you’re meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.” ~ Roy T. Bennett

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.” ~ Steve Marabol

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ~ Nelson Mandela

“Life is an adventure of passion, risk, danger, laughter, beauty, love; a burning curiosity to go with the action to see what it is all about, to go search for a pattern of meaning, to burn one’s bridges because you’re never going to go back anyway, and to live to the end.” ~ Saul D. Alinsky