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Everything I've ever done, every choice I've ever made. Every terrible and wonderful thing that has happened to me, it has all led me to right here, this moment, with you. Richard Castle

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. Elisabeth Külber Ross

It's not about waiting through the storm, it's about learning to dance in the rain. -- Vivian Greene

"We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are." ~ Anais Nin

The difference between life and school. In school you learn a lesson and give the exam. In life you give exam and then learn a lesson

"Pain is a pesky part of being human, I've learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can't be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air! We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces." - C Joy C Belle

?And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.?

―Friedrich Nietzsche

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. -Haruki Murakami

"We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive."

and

"I see no changes. All I see is racist faces.
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races we under.
I wonder what it takes to make this one better place..."