We come here with nothing and take it with us the day we leave
The first and last breath don't matter It's all the ones that are in between
It's the reason for living, it's the reason the caged bird sings It's why we sit in the movies all the way to the closing scene
From the beginning, we're all looking for a happy ending
jennifer nettles and Kristian Bush - Sugarland
These have been my favorite lyrics/poetry since I first heard them. This song is simply the closest embodiement of everything that I about that I haveever heard. I feel like they wrote while sitting inside my head
There is a guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word...Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which flows into your life. Then, without effort, you are impelled to truth and to perfect contentment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life. ~Jane Seymour~
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. ~Samuel Johnson~
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. ~Oscar Wilde~
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. ~Hans Hofmann~
DO what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt~
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. ~Desiderius Erasmus~
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, to be content. ~Helen Keller~
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