#acceptance

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88) ↗

— Stephen Levine

#death #dying #life #living #opportunity

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#courage #curiosity #courage

Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. ↗

— Joan Didion

#innocence #self-acceptance #respect

The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#endings #goals

Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow. ↗

— Tony Schwartz

#certainty #curiosity #growing #learning #letting-go

Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#creativity #deepak-chopra #educational #inner-self #inner-voice

For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#contentment #raining #rain

You are Perfection and Imperfection's Love Child. ↗

— Sera Beak

#self-acceptance #love

Let all listen, and be willing to listen to the doctrines professed by others. ↗

— Emperor Ashoka of India

#buddhism #religion #respect #tolerance #religion

The best thing about coming out is, it's totally liberating. You feel like you've made this incredible discoery about yourself and you want to share it and be open and honest and not spend all your time wondering how is this person going to react, or should I be careful around this person, or what will the neighbors say? And it's more. It's about getting past the question of what's wrong with me, to knowing there's nothing wrong, that you were born this way. You're a normal person and a beautiful person and you should be proud of who you are. You deserve to live with dignity and show people your pride. ↗

— Julie Anne Peters

#gay-pride #beauty