Two Thoughts (14 - 20 January)
Sunday, 14 January
Two thoughts from Omar Khayyam
"To be free of belief and unbelief is my religion."
“Shall I still sigh for what I have not got,
Or try with cheerfulness to bear my lot?
Fill up my cup! I know not if the breath
I now am drawing is my last, or not!”
Monday, 15 January
Two thoughts from Kaitlin Foster
"I need space from a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talk too much, and never have anything to say."
"She was a wild one; always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tip-toed on."
Tuesday, 16 January
Two thoughts from Aung San Suu Kyi
"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."
"Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival."
Wednesday, 17 January
Two thoughts from Audre Lorde
"We are all in the process of becoming."
"You cannot use someone else's fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it."
Thursday, 18 January
Two thoughts from Sherman Alexie
"When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination."
"Don't live up to your stereotypes."
Friday, 19 January
Two thoughts from Martina Navratilova
"Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people."
"Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible."
Saturday, 20 January
Two thoughts from Cathy Guisewite
"When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye."
"Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens."
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