We love to save our vulnerable moments for some mythical perfect timing, as if love prefers dramatic scenes and golden hour lighting. The truth is that life rarely waits for the script to be perfect. One day has a sneaky way of turning into never. Don’t blink because it goes by so fast. So let’s be cheerfully deliberate and shower the important people in our lives with love today, while the moment is delightfully ours.
The Canary Islands sound like they should be named after those cheerful little yellow songbirds, right? Sweet, delicate, maybe perched on a windowsill somewhere in the sun. Charming. Logical. Completely wrong.
The real story has a bit more bite.
Burnout’s a stealthy bandit swiping your shine in three mischievous ways. Outsmart it with clever tricks and a touch of whimsy!
Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off. ~ Carl Jung
Love your neighbor as yourself but don’t take down your fence. ~ Carl Sandburg
I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one. ~ Calamity Jane
The path isn’t a straight line; it’s a spiral. You continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deeper truths. ~ Barry H. Gillespie
Goals are stars to steer by, not sticks to beat yourself with. ~ Barbara B. Smith
Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible. That’s who you really are, let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it. ~ C. Assaad
Take what you need: comfort, hope, inspiration, forgiveness, motivation, peace…