“I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling. At a very young age I learned the importance of telling stories - I saw that stories are the most potent way of seeing anything we encounter in our lives, and how we can deal with living.” WayStoriesAgeYoungImaginationDealsBoysSawsOur LivesSeeingGrewGrew UpTraditionImportanceStorytellingEncountersVillageMy ImaginationYoung AgeTelling StoriesSierraOral TraditionSierra LeoneSmall Villages Author:Ishmael Beah
“During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature, that though they are forbidden, it is but natural to wish that they were at least allowable. Nothing can be more delightful, except it be to abandon them for virtue's sake.” CoursesWishEnjoyNaturalPleasureVirtueOur LivesSakeEncountersAbandonNow And ThenDelightfulForbiddenInviting Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Take risks! That is really what life is about. We must pursue our own happiness. Nobody has ever lived our lives; ther are no guidelines. Trust your instincts. Accept nothing but the best. But then also look for it carefully. Don't allow it to slip between your fingers. Sometimes, good things come to us in a such a quiet fashion. And nothing comes complete. It is what we make of whatever we encounter that determines the outcome. What we choose to see, what we choose to save. And what we choose to remember. Never foget that all the love in your life is there, inside you, always.” LooksSometimesRememberLife IsAcceptingOur LivesRiskFashionQuietGood ThingsInstinctFingersDeterminePursueOutcomesEncountersSlipsGuidelinesTrust Your Instincts Author:Linda Olsson
“The greatest contribution we can make to the wellbeing of those in our lives is to have peace in our own hearts. When our hearts are filled with gratitude and our minds are brimming with enthusiasm, everyone we encounter leaves our space feeling a little bit lighter than when they entered it.” MindHeartLittlesFeelingsLife IsBitsSpaceOur LivesGratitudeLittle BitFilledEnthusiasmEncountersContributionWellbeingLighters Author:David Simon
“The more others encounter us honoring the boundaries we have set for our lives, the more they will know that they can trust us with their lives.” KnowsOur LivesBoundariesEncounters Author:Danny Silk
“Most of us sleepwalk through our lives. We take all its glories, its wine, food, love, and friendship, its sunsets and its stars, its poetry and fireplaces and laughter, for granted. We forget that experience is not, or should not be, a casual encounter, but rather an embrace. Consequently, for too many of us, when we come to the end, we wonder where the years have gone. And we suspect we have not lived.” ShouldYearsEndsStarsForgetWonderGoneOur LivesGloryLaughterWineEmbraceGrantedEncountersSunsetSuspectsCasualLove And FriendshipFood LoveFireplaces Author:Jack McDevitt