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"My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness."
~ Maya Angelou

An October Day (1876)
🎨 Fidelia Bridges

Seven tall skinny evergreen trees backed by a bushy hedge. A warm sunbeam is illuminating the tree trunks near the bottom of the trees. Little ferns and moss line the forest floor.

"You know how every once in a while you do something & the little voice inside says, 'There. That's it. That's why you're here'...& you get a warm glow in your heart because you know it's true? Do more of that." - Jacob Nordby

#Stunday #photography #quotes #nature #humannature #

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It’s time to post this quote again…

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

― James Baldwin

“Every individual matters.
Every individual has a role to play.
Every individual makes a difference.”

“What you do makes a difference,
and you have to decide what
kind of difference you want to make.”

Jane Goodall

"After all this is over, all that will matter is how we treated each other." ~ #Unknown

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“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?”
- George Eliot, Middlemarch

"Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born."

"Whether we stay or whether we go, to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made."

"What if the world is holding
its breath —
waiting for you to take the place that only you can fill?"

~ David Whyte

#HappyPublicLandsDay! Today, I celebrate the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, where millions of Angelenos can hike, explore, and connect with nature close to home.

I’ll keep fighting to protect our public lands so everyone can enjoy their beauty for generations to come!

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The best! ☺️

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Print in blue and white of a stylised garden with trees, plants, birds, tools and plant pots as well as winding text which says 'In my garden I can feel life and it is beautiful"

'My Garden...' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary artist and printmaker #WomensArt

Klamath Lake in Oregon with a row of boats at a pier and mountains in the background.

“Because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.”
― Rebeca Ross

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Be a blessing to others.

a large bare tree among grasses in the wildlife refuge.

"You know me, I think there ought to be a big old tree right there. And let's give him a friend. Everybody needs a friend."
-Bob Ross

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You go on by doing the best you can. You go on by being generous. You go on by being true. You go on by offering comfort to others who can't go on. You go on by allowing the unbearable days to pass and allowing the pleasure in other days. You go on by finding a channel for your love and another for your rage. ~ Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

~Cheryl Strayed 🍂
Tiny Beautiful Things:
Advice on Love and Life
from Dear Sugar

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Close-up of a yellow coneflower with red-brown centre and yellow stamens, catching the sunlight

#BlueSkyArtShow #Summer

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely, sunshine almost always makes me high.
If I had a day that I could give you, I’d give to you the day just like today.

#photography #coneflower #bloomscrolling

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“Lose yourself in what you love.
Find yourself there too.”
~Kobi Yamada
From children’s book, “Finding Muchness”

I lost myself in the sunrise on Bald Mountain.When I turned around, I was right there,crying in the glory of everything around me.I found me

#EastCoastKin
#Sunrise
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