“Don't cover your cracks; that's how the light gets in. Don't cover your wounds; that's how your light pours out. Don't unweird yourself. Take up space enough for all the parts of you to come together -- the awful, the beautiful, the awe-inspiring, the wonderful and the strange.” Inspirational LifeWords Of WisdomWisdom QuotesInspirational LivingWeirdnessGuidance QuotesBe Weird Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We live in a time that's too late. It's too late. It's too late to say that what doesn't involve you personally, doesn't bother you in your heart. It's too late for that. You are either bothered, or you are a waste of oxygen on this planet. Be bothered. Be bothered by lots of things. Be bothered by many things. Let your heart shake from the things of this world that are too much or that are too little. We are not here to live a life unshaken.” Inspirational QuotesPassionInspirational LifeLife And LivingBlack Lives MatterChange Your LifeInspirational LivingChange The WorldPassionate LivingThis World We Live In Author:C. JoyBell C.
“It’s the hard things that break; soft things don’t break. It was an epiphany I had today and I just wonder why it took me so very, very long to see it! You can waste so many years of your life trying to become something hard in order not to break; but it’s the soft things that can’t break! The hard things are the ones that shatter into a million pieces!” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesVulnerabilityGentlenessInspirational LivingSoftnessEpiphaniesHardening Of The HeartBeing GentleBeing Soft Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Humanity does not suffer from the disease of wrong beliefs but humanity suffers from the contagious nature of the lack of belief. If you have no magic with you it is not because magic does not exist but it is because you do not believe in it. Even if the sun shines brightly upon your skin every day, if you do not believe in the sunlight, the sunlight for you does not exist.” LifeRealityTruthInspirational QuotesHumanityBeliefSunMagicLife And LivingSunlightBeliefsLiving LifeBelief QuotesInspirational LivingDisbeliefBelievingUnrealitySuffering Of HumanityExistence Of Magic Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I swear, the best things come to me by accident! Or should I say, effortless destiny?” Inspirational QuotesDestinyAccidentsInspirational LivingEffortless DestinyInspirational Destiny Author:C. JoyBell C.
“At the end of the day, there are very few people around you who truly want to see you peaceful, happy and content. Most of your friends only want to see you happy, peaceful and content, in ratio to their own happiness, peace and contentment. It's like, "Yeah, I want all your dreams to come true and I want to see you smile, but only for as much as I smile and only in proportion to how many of my own dreams come true." That's what people today call, "friendship" and "care". It's not really friendship and it's not really care. Then there's like one or two people who would celebrate your own happiness and success even if it's out of proportion to their own. And that's a real blessing right there, that's a real friendship.” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesLife And LivingInspirational LivingTrue FriendshipInspirational FriendshipReal FriendshipGuidance In LifeGenuine FriendshipFake FriendshipFalse FriendshipWords Of Wisdom On FriendshipThe Meaning Of Friendship Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The knowledge of secrets is a very enticing ship, a very tempting voyage, and one thinks that the highest attainment in life is to find out hidden truths, to seek out what is truth, to know what are all lies; to uncover, to discover and to rediscover, to dig up, to expose, to reveal... But secrets can go on forever, for an eternity! For as vast as the universe is, so are the secrets therein! And one can lose, because of that thought that in the secrets, everything is to be gained! But I can see, that all the knowledge of hidden things, all the knowledge in the universe, is not nearly as valuable and as worthy as the innocence of one's soul. And we are not directed unto good things through our ability to scavenge or to hunt or to decipher or to sail! Or to fly! But we are directed unto good things, through sovereign providence! He is more worthy- the innocent soul who has a simple faith in what he believes in- than the one who has found out all the dark secrets about what the other man has put his faith in! And it is far more profitable for a man to be healthy, to have a long, long life, loved ones that are blessed with these blessings all the same, much love and happiness and safety! It is far more profitable for a man to be able to remain innocent and have love and be healthy and to be able to watch his loved ones in good health and in good love, than for a man to uncover all the secrets of the universe! A single love, a single faith, a single trust, and one hope- these are far, far better things to aspire to have! And this– this is the biggest secret!” TruthInspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesValueInnocenceSecretsInspirational LivingFinding TruthSecrets Of The UniverseWhat Is WorthyTake HeedA Man S SoulA WarningA Warning I Give To YouThe Biggest SecretWhat Is Valuable Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Yesterday I was sad, today I am happy! Yesterday I had a problem, today I still have the same problem! But today I changed the way I look at it!” HappinessInspirational QuotesInspirational LifePerspectiveLife And LivingInspirational LivingA Different Perspective Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The only prescription for morality is this: Remember that every woman could have been your mother, every girl could be your daughter. Remember that every man could have been your father, every boy could be your son. When it comes to matters of the heart, that's all that needs to be kept in mind, always, at all times. Whatever form of hurt you cause, will echo in your children one day. Whatever form of judgments you make, must be held up against the condition of your father or your mother. When this is done— one sees that there is no room to judge and that there is no room to hurt, another.” Inspirational QuotesMoralityWisdom QuotesJudgmentInspirational LivingMatters Of The HeartHurting People Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I see myself as a Scottish sky: there are rain clouds, rainbows and sunrays that run and overtake one another, mingle together and dance with each other! You see all of this within seconds of looking up! It’s a living sky, it breathes and it’s real! And I think that when you look at me, you’ll see my rain clouds first, because only after rainclouds can there come the rainbows. You see, if the rainbows come first, then the rainbows aren’t even real, so I think that if people deserve to see my real rainbows, then they will just know that they need to stick around through the rain! Like a Scottish sky, I want to be real and breathing and running. I don’t want to be a clear blue all the time, or a dark grey all the time or have fake rainbows painted onto me; I want to be Scottish.” Inspirational QuotesInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesSelf AcceptanceBeing RealInspirational LivingBeing GenuineBeing TransparentAccepting DarknessNo FakenessScottish Sky Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to myself "When did they live?" I certainly want to write BECAUSE I live! I know I don't want to write in order to live! My writing is an overflow of the wine glass of my life, not a basin in which I wash out my ideals and expectations.” LifeInspirationalWritingInspirational QuotesInspiringBooksInspirational LifeLivingLife And LivingExpectationsIdealsWineWritersWriters On WritingWriting ProcessWriting LifeLiving LifeInspirational LivingWriting Books Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Do not limit yourself to your own preconceptions of yourself, but throw yourself out onto a blank page that you haven't written on yet, and see what you find out about you, see what story unfolds, see what happens! I always do this, and sometimes it can be very frightening! To very often have a blank page with nothing written on it yet! I feel as though I am a soul with a single covering–my body of skin– and that's the only thing between me on the inside and the rest of the world! It's quite frightening to begin each day on a blank page, forgetting your own preconceptions of yourself and allowing your mind to embrace the new! It is like meeting yourself for the first time, over and over again!” Inspirational QuotesInspirational LifeLife And LivingSelf DiscoverySelf KnowledgeInspirational LivingSelf Evolution Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The problem with thinking that you are the absolute best, is that it leaves no room for you to become any better and while you live life thinking that you're the best, truth is a lot of people around you are already better and becoming even more better.” Inspirational QuotesHumilityInspirational LifeInspirational LivingPersonal ImprovementBecoming Better Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I don't understand why people care so much about showing that they are good; because I am rather comfortable with having badness, quite okay with being inexplicable. They tire themselves so. The light is beautiful; but light can't hide treasures like the darkness can.” Inspirational QuotesDarknessInspirational LifeGoodnessHypocrisyBeing RealInspirational Living Author:C. JoyBell C.
“In trying so hard to win, we have instead become exactly like those whom we hate. The key is to know that there is no need to exert an effort to win; for we were already winners in the beginning when we were not like them. It's when we try so hard to overcome them that we become like them, without realizing that we were already victors in the very beginning.” Inspirational QuotesInspirational LifeVictoryWisdom QuotesTruth QuotesInspirational LivingGrace DivineRealizationsSelf RealizationsYou Are Victorious Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Non dobbiamo mai ridere della lotta degli altri, anche quando si tratta di qualcosa che per noi è facile o per cui non abbiamo lottato. Perché tutti noi abbiamo le nostre battaglie individuali su cui dobbiamo lavorare duramente. La lotta di un altro potrebbe esserti facile, ma smettila di pensare sempre a te stesso.La tua battaglia è facile? Lo è mai stata? No, non lo era e non lo è. Beh, non è facile nemmeno quella delle altre persone. E penso che già solo questo significhi che tutti noi ci dobbiamo reciprocamente un grande rispetto.” Inspirational QuotesInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesRespectGuidanceInspirational LivingRespecting OthersMutual RespectInner BattlesInner Struggles Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We're always taught that God wants us to always only say "I can't do this without You God" , "Whatever your will is God, that's my will too" but God says He is a father, and there is no good father who wants his children to have no will and to think that they can't stand on their own two feet. So maybe what you should be saying is "I can do it" and "I have a strong will, I know what I want." When you think God's left you and wants you to be sitting like a duck, maybe He's actually believing in you, teaching you how to fly.” GodInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesSelf WorthBelieve In YourselfInspirational LivingWisdom InspirationalStrong WillStrong WilledInspirational SpiritualUnderstanding The Nature Of GodA Great FatherThe Nature Of GodA Vision Of GodHave A Strong WillInspirational Life FaithWhat A Good Father Is Like Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I like to walk in the rain, because it makes me laugh when I walk under it. And not many things in this life can make you laugh just to be touched by it.” JoyInspirational LifeLaughterRainInspirational LivingRainy WeatherI Love The RainIn The Rain Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There is ALWAYS going to be a way out, or in, or around... you need to train your brain to know and to believe that. Because when you do, you're not going to stop until you find that way. Some people think about fate. I'm not like that. I'm not like, "this is my fate." Instead, I say, "this life is my gift and I have my tools with me and there is ALWAYS going to be a way.” FateLife PhilosophyLife And LivingInspirational LivingSurvival InstinctLife Is A GiftSurvivalistTenacity QuotesA Way Out Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Principles, morals, religion and values, are all worth nothing when considering whether or not we are directly adding value to the spaces we are in and that surround us. Are we a valuable experience in the lives of other people? Be the valuable experience of life. Don't just talk about the castles of your mind.” InspirationWisdom QuotesHumanismBeing HumanInspirational LivingGiving ValueBe ValuableProduce Value Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I think humans might be like butterflies; people die every day without many other people knowing about them, seeing their colors, hearing their stories... and when humans are broken, they're like broken butterfly wings; suddenly there are so many beauties that are seen in different ways, so many thoughts and visions and possibilities that form, which couldn't form when the person wasn't broken! So it is not a very sad thing to be broken, after all! It's during the times of being broken, that you have all the opportunities to become things unforgettable! Just like the broken butterfly wing that I found, which has given me so many thoughts, in so many ways, has shown me so many words, and imaginations! But butterflies need to know, that it doesn't matter at all if the whole world saw their colors or not! But what matters is that they flew, they glided, they hovered, they saw, they felt, and they knew! And they loved the ones whom they flew with! And that is an existence worthwhile!” PeopleInspirationalHumansInspirational QuotesHumanityHumanBeing HumanInspirational LivingButterfliesBroken WingsButterfly WingsIt S Okay To Be Broken Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I think that one of the worst things you can do to a person, is cast them in a negative light and paint them in negative hues, by using the malicious thoughts that are in your mind. We all have some kind of tape recorder in the back of our minds, a film strip, and there are lots of negative thoughts embedded onto that filstrip, and our minds act like projectors; projecting all of those images onto the new canvas that stands in front of us! It is a dark and harmful art that one engages in, when one paints the new canvas in old colours! We have to let it go, we just have to let it go. A person isn't all the other things that have happened to you; a person is a beautiful canvas with a painting that's already there and you need to sit still and see clearly and look at that painting. Then you need to be very careful what colours you dip your paintbrush into before making any new marks on what stands in front of you. Don't make the mistake of harming others and yourself, by painting them in colours that are not their own.” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesHumanismInspirational LivingGuidance QuotesWarningsGuidance For LifeBe Careful With PeopleInspirational HumanPaints And Colours Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The beauty in correcting our own mistakes; rather than attempting to correct the mistakes in others, is that working upon our own flaws improves us. But working upon the flaws of others not only leaves us unimproved; it actually leaves us being less than we were prior to making those assessments. I believe that the moral of this natural occurrence, is that we are all born to find and fix our own shortcomings; rather than find and fix the shortcomings in others. And if all people were to do this, then we would be a race of creatures looking inward, in order to bring out something better. Now think of what a beautiful race that would be.” Inspirational QuotesHumanityWisdom QuotesSelf ImprovementInspirational AttitudeHumanismSelf ReflectionInspirational Living Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Much is said about love and heartbreak but nobody ever talks about falling out of love. Nobody has penned words on how glorious an experience it can be. Nobody talks about how it can feel like wings of healing and winds of enrapturement; how it can feel like snowflakes against your cheeks when you've been waiting and waiting for the blissful calm of winter. No one recognizes the pristine beauty of falling out of love, what a breathtaking process and journey it can be. We talk about falling into love like it's something so good we should wake up every morning wanting it. But nobody talks about the enrapturement, the ascension, of rising up and out of it!” LoveLove QuotesLoversRelationship QuotesInspirational AttitudeBreakupInspirational LivingBreakupsBreakup QuotesLovers Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“If someone else makes my partner a better person, if someone else makes my partner happier than I can, if someone else breathes life into my partner in a way I cannot; then my partner should be with that person, not with me. It seems like people fail to grasp that wanting to be with someone is totally different from needing someone to belong to you. Wanting to be with someone is totally different from needing to keep someone.” LoveRelationship QuotesInspirational AttitudeControlInspirational LovePartnershipInspirational LivingPurposeful Life QuotesLiving With A PurposeInspirational Lives Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The world would be so different if we celebrated the rising up and out of love, as much as we celebrate the falling into it. Imagine learning of someone's breakup and rejoicing for her because you know that now she is going through the enlightening process of healing, self-love, and illumination. If our perspective collectively changes, we would be able to eliminate a significant portion of human suffering. When it does happen, because I'm not saying it should always happen but I'm saying that it does happen; we need to view the falling-out-of-love (or as I like to call it, the rising up and out of love), as a part of the full process of love, one that also effectively ushers in growth, joy, and fulfilment.” LoveLove QuotesWisdom QuotesInspirational AttitudeLove Quotes And SayingsInspirational LivingBreakupsBreaking Up Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I am not interested in your religious beliefs; I am interested to see the ways you add value to society, to the spaces around you. I don't want to hear about your principles; I want to hear about the ways your neighbourhood is a little better thanks to you. Don't tell me about the values you hold dear in your mind; tell me about how you've added value to the events of life you've found yourself in. Tell me about the people who are thankful for your existence, then tell me why they feel that way.” Inspirational LifeLife And LivingInspirational AttitudeInspirational LivingPurposeful LivingOutlook In LifeOutlook And Attitude Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I think that we ought to be listening to our children a lot more often. Our children are living in the "here and now" and they know what to do about it. We can teach our children about where we have come from, but they can teach us about where we are all at, right now. Parents tend to come at their children with an arrogance merely due to the fact that they've been alive longer, but this is exactly where the disconnect takes place, this is exactly how you are going to not be able to connect with your children at the heart level. Being alive longer doesn't make you better at living. Read that again. I have many times turned to my son for guidance on LIVING in the here and now, and have become a vastly better person for it, as a result. We are not the only leaders here; we may be carrying a torch but our kids are carrying flashlights, and sometimes, flashlights are going to work so much better.” Inspirational AttitudeParentingInspirational LivingParenting QuotesParenting AdviceParenting Teens Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Every day when you wake up, there is a crown prepared for you. Each day, forsake everything and everyone that will try to keep you from it.” Inspirational LifeInspirational AttitudeRise AboveInspirational LivingQueenAchievement And AttitudeSelf Belief QuotesSlayWear Your Crown Author:C. JoyBell C.
“A lifetime isn't forever, so take the first chance, don't wait for the second one! Because sometimes, there aren't second chances! And if it turns out to be a mistake? So what! This is life! A whole bunch of mistakes! But if you never get a second chance at something you didn't take a first chance at? That's true failure.” Inspirational LifeInspirational LivingLiving Life To The FullestSecond ChancesChancesTaking ChancesTake The First Chance Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Sometimes, you may think you have fallen into an abyss...when in fact, you've just descended to the roots...of the tree of life! Somewhere along your climb, you got lost amongst the branches, and lost in the darkness of the branches, the only way to find the straight way up would be to return to the roots! And from there amongst the roots, you will be able to look straight up and see the top again! And begin your ascent!” Inspirational LifeWisdom QuotesInspirational LivingWisdom InspirationalPositive PerspectiveUnderstanding Failure Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Dear young woman, do not place your sense of beauty and self worth, upon the plastic pedestal called "what other people say to you", "what other people think about your photo", "how many 'likes' your pictures get", "how many guys tell you that you look sexy", "how skinny can you be?". A plastic pedestal that is but the dismal shadow of the real one. Dear young woman, place your sense of self worth and beauty upon the Roman marble pedestal that will exist even when all other people are no longer there. If you were the very last person on this planet, you should still be able to know within your heart that you are worthy, you are beautiful, you are wanted. Even if you become the very last person on Earth, you should be fully wanted. Want yourself. Know yourself. See yourself as beautiful, see yourself as worthy.” BeautyInspirational LifeSelf LoveWisdom QuotesSelf WorthSelf RespectSelf KnowledgeInspirational LivingKnow ThyselfWomen S InspirationalGuidance QuotesSelf ValueGuidance For LifeYou Are LovedYou Are WorthyFor WomenGuidance For GirlsYou Are Valuable Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There is this narrative, which we follow in our world, that tells us we ought to always be strong. Fortified, immovable, brave. So we tell ourselves that's what we are. Then we believe it. The grave problem with this narrative lies in the fact that in the minutes we stop to breathe and be quiet, in the minutes we stop telling ourselves that, we look into the mirror, or we look at our photographs, and it hits us: we are soft! We are soft, we are bruised, we got hurt far too much than what we deserved! And guess what? It wasn't okay! It really was never okay. And then panic settles in as we realise that all of that time we were abandoning the real us, inside of us, like a small child left in the corner of an alleyway, in favour of embracing the big and brave version of ourselves that we told ourselves to love! So we stopped actually loving the us of the us. The real us. The real you. There is no sadder thing! Please... you are soft and scared... embrace your teddy self, embrace your infant soul, protect what is left of you.” Inspirational LifeSelf LoveWisdom QuotesAwakeningInspirational LivingBreak OutSoul WorkSoul Discovery Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Some people walk through a hallway with covered mirrors– the hallway is lined with mirrors but there are blankets covering each of them. They go through life believing in an image of themselves that isn't real, and an image of themselves standing in the world and relative to the world, that isn't real. If you happen to be in that hallway and pull the blankets off the mirrors, they're going to think that you're hurting them; but they're actually just seeing their reflection for the first time. Sometimes the most horrendous thing a person can see, is all the hidden things inside them, the things they've covered, the things they choose not look at. And you're not hurting them, you're setting them free.” FreedomInspirational LifeSelf ImprovementSelf RealizationSelf AcceptanceInspirational LivingReality CheckFacing The TruthSpiritual BondageSpiritual Limitations Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Never see yourself as someone who will lose love if she loses a man. You are the love. You are the ethereal hand watering your celestial flowers. You are the bliss. There are clouds moving in and out of your lungs; you are the bees and you are the honeycomb and you are this honey in your own jar and then atop your own tongue! There are a trillion reasons why you are the love. The man was never one of them.” Inspirational LifeSelf LoveInspirational LoveInspirational LivingSelf Love QuotesWomens InspirationalWomens EmpowermentWomens QuotesSelf Love Empowerment Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There is a big problem that arises from keeping the company of those with limited perceptions. At first you'll think you're being kind, or doing people a favour, but the problem you'll eventually face, comes with the realization that we exist to other people not always as we are; but very often, we exist to people as THEY are. So, imagine taking photos with a primitive lens: the primitive lens will capture your view only within its own capacity to do so, and you end up having an image that does not display a true understanding of what it shot. The same thing happens when you allow yourself to be surrounded by primitive mindsets. And you must not do that to yourself; you must not allow all these images of you floating around, none of which do you any justice at all.” Inspirational LifeWisdom QuotesSelf AwarenessSelf ConfidenceSelf WorthInspirational LivingWisdom InspirationalSelf Realization QuotesSelf Actualisation Author:C. JoyBell C.
“As I grew up I was raised on the premise that the world was "worldly" and that I should shun all of its "worldliness". But today I am a person so in love with this wild and crawling and growling life! If I could live a thousand different lifetimes, I would. And I would live each one of them with every breath in me. I am in love with the taste of life on this planet. I am unlike what I was raised to be. I carry the world in my heart, always. The rivers and the tigers, the forests and the Michelangelos... all of it.” Inspirational LifeLove LifeInspirational LivingPassionate LivingWorldlinessIn Love With Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Air is the element most needed by fire. This is why you need open spaces, the wind, and to fly. Because you have fire in you. This is why you look into the sky, why you make wishes, why you tread lightly. You, too, are the air, because inside you there is fire. Why do you think we breathe? Because we are kindling our fires.” FireAirInspirational LifeElementsInspirational LivingAlchemyFire WithinInner FireAlchemy Of The SoulYou Are Fire Author:C. JoyBell C.
“You'd think that the forest is at the mercy of the flame, but that's not it. The flame's greatest fear is the forest: being out of control, consumed from the inside out, burning with no end in sight. It is the flame which is at the mercy of the forest; but the forest doesn't care, she promises no end, she never says it stops or that it gets better! Flames never asked to be born as flames: so volatile, so vital, so uncontained. You are a flame, this world is a forest. Do you see it now? It was never the other way around.” Inspirational QuotesFireInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesInspirational LivingForestFlameGuidance QuotesForest QuotesForest Fire Author:C. JoyBell C.
“It is difficult for me to have a great amount of respect for those who are so resolute in their ways that their minds cannot be changed. They take pride in their resolve; as if it is more of a virtue to be unchangeable than it is to be human. How is it an accomplishment being unchangeable? You are born with a set of ways, you hardly deviate from it, and how is that admirable? In a world filled with stories, experiences, realities and truths-- why would yours be the only one worth never changing? I take pride in how many times I've changed my mind, my opinions, my ways. Change and growth are the ways of nature, the ways of natural life. Grow past the concrete you were planted in.” ChangeInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesEvolveGrowth MindsetInspirational LivingGrowChange Mindset Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I know people who think they are free, but they're the least free of them all. I know people who think they're not free, but they are, it is only their minds that are bound. But some are free and they know it, and you'll know it too, because you'll feel it running, swimming, flipping all around them.” FreedomInspirational LifeLife And LivingInspirational LivingFree SpiritFreedom Quotations Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The way I see myself, is like I'm this Martian flower. A flower on Mars, doing my own thing; this is my own planet, don't get too near me. And maybe an astronaut will come around one day, and say, "Hey, this is a cool planet, that's a cool flower, maybe I can stay here." You know? So far, the astronauts that visit, say, "Hey this is a cool planet and that's a cool flower, I wonder what happens if I pick this flower, bring it home and teach it how to grow in my backyard soil." I'm a Martian flower. I have my own planet, my own soil, I don't need to be anything other. It's a pretty great planet, but you have to have Mars in your heart to stay here. You need to turn Martian. Martian flowers don't grow in your backyard.” FreedomInspirational LifeMentalityInspirational LivingFree SpiritWild HeartLiving Well QuotesIndividuality Personality Reason Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Make sure that you are both the bee and the honey to your own honeycomb.” Inspirational QuotesInspirational LifeLife PhilosophyWisdom QuotesLiving LifeInspirational LivingLiving WellHow To Live Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The terrible fact about holding onto something tightly, is that, holding on tightly is the opposite of dreaming. When do dreams happen? Dreams happen when we are not trying, when we've had enough, when we hope for something more. "Holding on" is trying, is denial, is not wanting to place hope into any other direction except the one thing that you decided to grasp onto. And so... you forget to dream! You lose the magic of what it means to live! They always tell you to hold onto your dreams, they'll always tell you that. But they'll forget to remind you of how dreams happen. Dreams happen when you're not holding onto anything, when you're lost, when you're in freefall... when you're asleep. Don't forget how to dream, don't forget how the magic of being alive first happens. Stop holding onto things you used to dream of that aren't working anymore. Dream a new dream.” Inspirational LifeWisdom QuotesLetting GoMoving OnDreamerInspirational LivingDreams InspirationalDreaming QuotesDreaming Dreams Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There are so many "tools for life" that you are going to hear about, every day. But obviously I tell my son what I believe in most of all. I always tell my son, "The wheels that are going to get you through daily life are two things: Humour and Wit. Add a cup of humour and a cup of wit to every hour of your life and these are the wheels that will keep you turning." Humour and Wit. Remember that.” HumourInspirational LifeWittyWitInspirational LivingAdvice For LifeHow To Live LifeSense Of HumourLife ToolsTools For Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I am, for certain, a powerful force. I've stood outside on a winter day, for years an unending winter, without batting an eye. While you... even when you go out on a sunny day, you bring a sweater just in case. You can never be on the outskirts, you can never be in the cold, you can never be at the losing end. You need your blankets. You make me think twice about what it means to be a protector; you protected me so well only because I was beside you. It wasn't about me. It was still about you. But I have learned... that even in the winter the summer lasts within me. Flowers grow and sunbeams exit the palms of my hands. And that I can grow feathers and lots of fur.” Inspirational LifeInner StrengthInspirational LivingTenacityInner LightBetrayal QuotesHeartache QuotesHeartbreaking QuotesSummer Of The Soul Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Life is too short to hold grudges, plan vengeance, and be angry for too long. And people say things like that all the time, but words like that only take on their meaning when you experience someone close to you passing away. There are truly not enough minutes, hours, days, months, years, to spend any amount of time on being and doing anything other than going into the direction of your happiness. Acceptance is better than correction and joy is better than revenge. Innocent laughter is better than anger.” DeathInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesMeaning Of LifeInspirational LivingGuidance QuotesHow To Live LifeAbout LifeLive And LivingLife S Meaning Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We can learn so much about the living, according to how they treat their dead. And we can see the true colours of people coming out, when we observe how they act and react, to the circumstances that come about after the death of a loved one. Lastly, we learn about the things most important in our lives, when we experience the loss called death. It is extraordinary how death can give back so much to life and to the living.” DeathLife QuotesInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesLife And LivingMeaning Of LifeLife And DeathInspirational LivingGuidance QuotesQuotes On DeathMeaning Of DeathUnderstanding Death Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People live their lives now in fear of the afterlife, and in the process, they forget that they are still alive! And for as long as you are alive, my friend, you have the chance to break free from any bondages whatsoever, that your fellow man has put you in. Your passion should not come from any one religion; your passion should come and should be fueled by, the fact that you are human and that you have been given this life to leave your stamp of beauty and of progress upon mankind!” Inspirational LifeWisdom QuotesInspirational LivingBreaking FreeRising Above ReligionBreaking The Chains Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There are different kinds of judgment-making. Naturally, when we meet people, we form judgments based upon how we were taught to see the world and other people (how we were raised, what we've experienced and etc.) The first kind of judgment-making is the more commonplace thing: to judge and to write that judgment in stone. The second kind of judgment-making is the kind that I do: to judge but then to write those judgments in the sand near the shoreline where the waves lap onto, that way, if I am wrong, the waves of truth may easily wash away any judgments I have made and thus I can be malleable and shaped easily by truth rather than by preconceived notions. The second kind of judgment is crucial to life, because it allows us to appreciate people and circumstances to the fullest. It allows us to live.” TruthInspirational QuotesChangeWisdom QuotesJudgmentInspirational LivingJudging OthersJudgmentalityInspirational PeopleLiving In TruthMalleabilityPreconceived Judgments Author:C. JoyBell C.