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people

PEOPLE
people are laughing; some are crying
people are healthy; some are in pain
people are free; some are in prison
people are awake; some are asleep
people are killers; some are healers
people are being born; some are dying
people are rich; some are poor
people are spiritual; some are athiests
people are singing; some are screaming
people are good; some are bad
people are strong; some are weak
people are happy; some are depressed
people are givers; some are takers
people are soft; some are hard
people are restless; some are at ease
people are lovers; some are haters
people are colorful; some are drab
people are forgiving; some are unforgiving
people are participants; some are spectators
people are angry; some are peaceful

Robert Louis Stevenson’s words:
There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
that it will not behove any of us,
to find any fault with the rest of us.

Edwin Markham’s words:
He drew a circle that
shut me out
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the
wit to win;
We drew a circle that
took him in.

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feeding the mind

As soon as you trust yourself,
you will know how to live.
Goethe

It doesn’t matter what we do
until we accept ourselves.
Once we accept ourselves,
it doesn’t matter what we do.
Charly Heavenrich

What we achieve inwardly,
will change outer reality.
Otto Rank

Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.
Thomas Merton

Some people say they haven’t yet found themselves.
But the self is not something one finds;
it is something one creates.
Thomas Szasz

I will not permit any man to narrow
and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington

Forget conventionalism;
forget what the world thinks of your stepping out of your place;
think your best thoughts,
speak your best words,
work your best works,
looking to your own conscience for approval.
Susan B. Anthony