A CONVERSATION “Look up at the sky. There is a light, a beauty up there that no shadow can touch.” J. R. R. Tolkein “Look up, get up and don’t ever give up.” Michael Irvin #conversation-of-the-day #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings

A CONVERSATION “Who knows where and what turn will come?” Kalpesh Radadiya “Sometimes, discomfort means we are on the verge of a major turning point or revelation.” Laurie E. Smith #conversation-of-the-day #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings

A CONVERSATION “To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.” Roy T Bennett “You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.” Oprah Winfrey #conversation-of-the-day

A CONVERSATION “When you see something that is not the way it should be, don't be afraid. Speak up, speak out, be courageous.” John Lewis “Get loud! Say what you need to say!” Rupi Kaur #conversation-of-the-day

A CONVERSATION “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca “Our strongest tool for survival is imagination.” Dwandalyn Reece #conversation-of-the-day #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #edusky #growPLN #survive

A CONVERSATION “The person the we wanted to be is hiding right in front of us.” Anthony T. Hincks “You can observe a lot by just watching.” Yogi Berra #conversation-of-the-day #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #edusky #growPLN #looking

A CONVERSATION “One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things,” Henry Miller “It's not the greatest but the little things that show us the path and guide us home.” Bhuwan Thapaliya #conversation-of-the-day

A CONVERSATION “When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge - every adversity - contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.” Roy T. Bennett “The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.” Mulan. #conversation-of-the-day

A CONVERSATION “Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.” Herman Melville “Time has a funny way of smoothing out the rough edges of things, even ones that hurt a little. Or a lot.” Megan Hart. #conversation-of-the-day

“Joy and veracity both have a way
of peeking through any dark curtain.” Margarita Engle

A CONVERSATION “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” Harper Lee “That is the strangest thing about the world: how it looks so different from every point of view.” Lauren Oliver #conversation-for-rhe-day

A CONVERSATION “I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective.” Ursus Wehrli “I think it's important to have perspective and to look at what you don't necessarily want to see.” Lynsey Addario

A CONVERSATION “Now’s not the time for fear. That comes later.” Bane (Batman) “Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” Roy T. Bennett #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #edusky #growPLN #fear #conversation-of-the-day

A CONVERSATION “The most revolutionary act is a clear view of the world as it really is.” Rosa Luxemburg “Let the dust settle, and you will see more clearly. Genereux Philip #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #rosa-luxemburg #genereux-philip

A CONVERSATION “What do great artists do when you see a world around you that’s in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good. They look to the future.” Niles Rogers “Fear rises when we imagine everything depends on us.” Elizabeth Elliot

A CONVERSATION “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” Robertson Davies “Believing is seeing and seeing is believing.” Tom Hanks #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #believing #seeing #eye #tom-hanks #robertson-davies

A CONVERSATION “You can’t go back and fix the past. No, but you can make the present and the future a lot better.” Danny Harper, First Bite “Transitions are a time for reflection, and a time for looking forward.” Roy Cooper

A CONVERSATION “Starting over is an acceptance of a past we can’t change, an unrelenting conviction that the future can be different, and the stubborn wisdom to use the past to make the future what the past was not.” Craig D. Lounsbrough “The best endings are the ones that lead to new beginnings.”

A CONVERSATION “Be honest and humble enough to learn from everybody.” Ricardo Liborio “To be humble is to be teachable.” Richard G. Scott #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #ricard-liborio #richard-g-scott #humility #learn #honesty

A CONVERSATION “The values of the world we inhabit, and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.” Malcolm Gladwell “Tell me what company you keep and I’ll tell you what you are.” Miguel de Cervantes

A CONVERSATION “Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” Emory Austin “Singing strengthens the spirit.” Lailah Gifty Akita #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #emory-austin #lailah-gifty-akita #sing #sing-your-song #strength

A CONVERSATION “Nature is loved by what is best in us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.” Natalie Angier #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #ralph-waldo-emerson #nature #natalie-angier #beauty #details

A CONVERSATION “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” Plato “Every morning’s dew is a fresh breath of a new beginning.” Jessica Edouard #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #plato #jessica-edouard #dew #beginning #fresh-breath

A CONVERSATION "To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps." Dejan Stojanovic "Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive." Jhumpa Lahiri

A CONVERSATION “I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.” Ursula K LeGuin “Today’s the day we start getting a little more light with each passing day - every single day from here on out.” Rachel Maddow

A CONVERSATION “Our greatest glory is not and never failing, but in rising every time we fall.” Confucius “There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” Alexander Hamilton

A CONVERSATION “When one realizes one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.” P.D. Ouspensky “The best dreams happen when you’re awake.” Cherie Gilderbloom #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings #p-d-ouspensky #awakening

A CONVERSATION “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” Madeline L’Engle “What good is the warmth of Summer without the cold of Winter to give it sweetness?” John Steinbeck. #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #50501 #nokings

A CONVERSATION “To acquire knowledge, one must study; to acquire wisdom, one must observe.” Marilyn vos Savant “I went from watching what happened to what could have, and should have, happened.” Kobe Bryant #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501

A CONVERSATION “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” William Arthur Ward “A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.” John F. Kennedy

A CONVERSATION “Fix your eyes forward on what you can do not back on what you can cannot change.” Tom Clancy. “We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.” Dan Quayle #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501

A CONVERSATION “All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We do not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.” Chief Seattle “Invisible threads are the strongest ties.” Friedrich Nietzsche

A CONVERSATION “In a dark place, we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way.” Yoda

A CONVERSATION “Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of hearts.” Leo Tolstoy “As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same.” Nelson Mandela.

A CONVERSATION “Life is like a camera. Focus on what’s important. Capture the good times. and, if things don’t work out, just take another shot.” Ziad K. Abdelnour “Life never runs in a straight line. Bad times come, but good times follow, and those are sometimes the best of times.”

A CONVERSATION “Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.” Napoleon Bonaparte. “Your life is a work of Art, and, in the end, the underlying theme of great art is bravery and hope and love.” Garrison Keillor

A CONVERSATION “We now need to look beyond our immediate future and the aim higher and farther.” Paul Biya “There are two ways to face the future. One way is with apprehension; the other is with anticipation.” Jim Rohn

A CONVERSATION “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.” Jim Rohn “The smaller the creature, the bolder it’s spirit.” Suzi Kassem

A CONVERSATION “The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little!” Jon Kabat Zinn “It’s always the little things that make the big things happen.” Jeffrey Frey #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #nokings #jon-kabat-zinn

A CONVERSATION “Do you see things in Black and White, or are there shades of Gray for you? I hope there’s Gray. Black and White makes things easier, but only if you don’t want to think.” Harry Turtledove “I see love in Black and White. Passion in shades of ‘gris’. But when it comes to you and I,

A CONVERSATION “There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.” Alan Cohen “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Sydney J Harris #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501

A CONVERSATION “If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.” Miles Davis “It’s better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.” Les Brown. #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501

A CONVERSATION “Just show up and things will happen.” Mother Teresa “The world is run by people who show up.” Robert Johnson #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #nokings #mother-teresa #show-up #robert-johnson

A CONVERSATION “Think off center.” George Carlin “Out on the edge, you see all sorts of things you cannot see from the center.” Kurt Vonnegut #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #nokings #george-carlin #on-edge #kurt-vonnegut #off-center

A CONVERSATION “In light there is dark, and in dark there is light.” Kami Garcia, Beautiful Darkness “Turning on the light is easy if you know where the switch is.” Colin Wilson #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #nokings #kami-garcia #light

A CONVERSATION “In solitude, we find the opportunity to grow and evolve.” Emily Dickinson “To be alone is to be yourself; to not be afraid of who you truly are.” Marilynne Robinson #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501

A CONVERSATION “The wind carries messages to those that listen.” AnthonyT. Hincks “The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.” Bob Dylan #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #nokings #anthony-t-hincks #bob-dylan #message #wind

A CONVERSATION “To hear is natural, to listen is an art.” Aloo Denish Obiero “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.” Robert Frost #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501

A CONVERSATION “Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” Voltaire “A garden to walk in and an immensity to dream in. What more could he ask?” Victor Hugo Les Misérables. #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501

A CONVERSATION “Never look back unless you’re planning to go that way.” Henry David Thoreau. “I try to avoid looking forward or backward and try to keep looking upward.” Charlotte Brontë #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501