Random
by Madeline · updated 8d ago
Random
by Madeline · updated 8d ago
God, grant me the serenity to
Accept the things I cannot change
Courage to change the things I can
And wisdom to know the difference
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“I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here.”
-Charles Bukowski
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Janis Joplin // "To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is to not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else."
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research is a way of life
it is an ongoing process that should be fun and led by curiosity and a desire to explore what is unknown to you
it goes beyond what formal education tells you research is— it should not feel like something you have to do. it should be something you love to do because research exists everywhere— research is looking up a recip
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Simple is hard. It is that simple, and it is that hard.
— Sari Azout
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I don’t have all the answers, and I get things wrong all the time. But I no longer fight against my nature. My life is filled with love, with deeply loving people, because I care too much. How could I resent that? My capacity to attach to others also my capacity to attach to the world.
— Ava
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Slowly is the fastest way to get where you want to be
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“Life is not like formula fiction. The villain has a heart, and the hero has great flaws.”
— Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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“I've been a hot mess, and I've been open to miracles anyway.”
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