And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land
Martin Luther King, Jr.Read
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And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.
Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.
We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible.
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.
That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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