Whispering Lion's Den

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Reblogged from Libraryland

"You simply keep putting down one damn word after the other, as they come to you. You can either set brick as a laborer or as an artist. You can make the work a chore, or you can have a good time. You can do it the way you used to clear the dinner dishes when you were thirteen, or you can do it as a Japanese person would perform a tea ceremony, with a level of concentration and care in which you can lose yourself, and so in which you can find yourself."

- Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird. (via paperbackgirl)

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Magical Joy by ~k8lag

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Reblogged from proust73

proust73:

sympathy By Друг Дмитрий

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Quita by ~toniart57

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Do you believe in magic?

I believe in the magic of joy that giggles, sparkles, dances in the hearts of those who experience a wonder or new creation: a spectacular sunset; the thunder of ocean waves; flying over a beautiful landscape; laughter of a child; scent of baking homemade bread; green sunlight under the trees; a cold, trickling brook over your feet on a hot summer day; or, coming upon a previously unexperienced work of art, song, or writing that seems specially and meticulously made just for you.

This blog has some of the latter for me. And, to think that it contains works that bring that sort of magic to the hearts of my followers also makes me happy.

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Reblogged from Misplaced Wisdom.

"Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all of our weaknesses are accepted as part of our humanity can our negative, broken self-images be transformed."

- Jean Vanier, Becoming Human (via jerzee55)

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Reblogged from Every waking hour, I'm choosing my confessions

souls-of-my-shoes:

smiles - Battambang by Maciej Dakowicz on Flickr.

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“Laughing Jesters” — dreamfloatingby

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Reblogged from garden of the far east

aurorae:

Asia - Cambodia (by Rudi Roels)

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Reblogged from First Time User

firsttimeuser:

Wayne Miller

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Reblogged from Every waking hour, I'm choosing my confessions

cing-cangkeling11:

smile!! :)) (by auniket prantor)

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If I Had My Life to Live Over — Nadine Stair (Age 85)

“I’d like to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances… I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I’d have fewer imaginary ones.

“You see, I’m one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I’ve had my moments, and if I had it to do over again, I’d have more of them. In fact, I’d try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.

“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the Spring and stay that way later in the Fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more roses.”

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Reblogged from Every waking hour, I'm choosing my confessions

cing-cangkeling11:

(by kuuan)

You’re Funny… by Paul Tombleson

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“Andrea Cerna” — messtor.