shambles=scene or state of great disorder or confusion; mess.
love: coffee, raspberries, frozen yogurt with rainbow sprinkles, teaching young minds to express themselves through writing, books you fall into, poems you fall in love with, music you can feel in your bones and laughing, as much, and, as often, as possible.
dislike: ignorance, apathy, close-mindedness, insincerity, whining, giving up, frowning, wasting potential, bad attitude, budgets, the "system" and being bored.
~ Monday, January 23 ~
“ Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not.
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Books suspended above an entrance to the Istanbul modern art museum by Hanif Shoaei | Source
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“ When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.
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~ Saturday, January 14 ~
“ Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. Schools should be palaces. Competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge for its citizens, just like national defense. That is my position. I just haven’t figured out how to do it yet
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~ Saturday, January 7 ~
“ Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it.
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~ Friday, January 6 ~
I teach this book every year…love this.
(Source: northernrunt)
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Happy new year, a few days late:).
~ Monday, July 25 ~
“ A person doesn’t have to change who he is to become better.
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~ Sunday, June 12 ~
“ I found that every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear, specific, unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50 and most never make it at all.
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~ Saturday, June 11 ~
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“ I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness. In reality those who satisfy me are those who simply allow me to live with my ”idea of them.
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~ Monday, May 30 ~
“ You are a perfectly acceptable human being right now, this minute. You are just as valid as any other human being, without changing a single thing about yourself. That doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to want to grow, evolve or improve yourself, or you can’t do better sometimes, it just means right now this instant, you are worthy of your own self love. Even if it is hard to love yourself sometimes (and boy, is it!), or you’re struggling with some really difficult stuff in your life, you still deserve it.
So dearest you, be kind to yourself, be kind to others, and give the best version of you that you can give, but know that even in the tough times, you are still valid, worthy and deserving of your own self love.
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