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The reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility.—Susan Orlean

When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.—Iyanla Vanzant

Open your heart and you will be amazed at the transformations taking place all around you.—Rev. Ed Bacon

No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone.—Haruki Murakami

The most satisfying project you will ever undertake—and a mark of a complete human being—is to discover how to build a sense of happiness that no one can take away from you...—Deepak Chopra

I haven’t yet met anyone who successfully made their body over without finding that their lives changed in ways--wonderful ways--that they had never imagined.—Bob Greene

...Transformation happens when you dare to be awakened to greater heights. When you stay open no matter what. Letting each experience, especially the tough ones, strengthen you and add depth and wisdom.—Oprah

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.—Etty Hillesum

When I look around me, I can't help having faith.
—Donna Brazile

Being forced to seek balance within ourselves, we can make our unsteady, stumbling days feel less and less like disaster and more and more like a joyful dance – the dance of a wildly, wonderfully, perfectly unbalanced life.—Martha Beck

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