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One word of encouragement can be enough to spark someone’s motivation to continue with a difficult challenge.
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Roy T. Bennett
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Inspiration ignites the spark of magic. Creativity is magic.
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C. Toni Graham
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Stand up for who you are. Respect your Self and ignite the divine sparks in you. Access your powers. Choose your rights and work together with others to bring blessings into the lives.
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Amit Ray
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Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
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Johann Gottfried Herder
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If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.
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Shah Asad Rizvi
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Reconnect with the highest truth and ignite the divine sparks in you.
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Amit Ray (Enlightenment Step by Step)
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Stop looking to the sky for answers. The light isn't above you. It's within you.
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Elysia Lumen Strife (Shadows of the Son (Infinite Spark, #3))
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The anticipation is an essential part of this whole trip. The excitement of going, the places we'll see, the people we'll meet, that's part of the joy of this whole thing...Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life...without excitement you have nothing, you're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.
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Micah Sparks (Three Weeks with My Brother)
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Do not be obsessed with expensive things.
Instead, be obsessed with excellence.
Things don't make you excellent.
However, excellence will make you expensive.
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Janna Cachola
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That in the end, people who are grieving have to want to move on--that first step, that motivating spark, has to come from within them. And when it does, it opens the door to the unexpected.
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Nicholas Sparks (Safe Haven)
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SOUL SHINE
You know that thing
You do so well,
That little spark
You hide
In the dark,
That you think
Nobody knows about –
But
You?
Well,
Did you know
That
There's
A gleam
That you beam
When you talk
Or do
Anything,
That everyone
Knows about –
But
You?
”
”
Suzy Kassem (Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem)
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I wear a lot of pink cos' seeing pink activates endorphins and energizes my creativity. It is a colour of femininity and fierceness
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Janna Cachola
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In a fruitless year, take a fearless heart
Those who bloom late will light sparks through the dark
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”
Criss Jami
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Don't let people intimidate you into downgrading your goals. They intimidate only because they are intimidated by your goals.
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Janna Cachola
“
Well-being has been cast aside for wealth; success favored over sanity. In the process, some have turned cold toward life, and toward others. Where is the energized, heightened, exhilarated pulse one would expect from such a chosen and capable people? Why do we not hear more laughter and life? Where is the vibrant, mad fury and passion of the fully engaged human? Where are the people burning with charisma and joy and magnetism? Where is the appreciation for life’s spark? We must reexamine our attitude toward life. Our supreme duty must be to rekindle the magic of life. For this, we now declare: WE SHALL PRACTICE JOY AND GRATITUDE.
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Brendon Burchard (The Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power)
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Where does motivation come from? “It starts with a spark,” Daniel Coyle told me in an interview. “You get a vision of your future self. You see someone you want to become. . . . It’s a very mysterious process.
”
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Jeff Goins (The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do)
“
...maybe strength in the 21st century isn't about dominance....it's about the capacity to evoke....the ability to spark the enduring bonds of shared values, intrinsic motivation, and mutually committed perseverance. It is, in short, not the power merely to command, subordinate, demean, insult — and then crow about it with impunity. It's the power to inspire, animate, infuse, spark, evoke — and then connect, link, and collaborate, to be a force multiplier.
”
”
Umair Haque
“
You start off with a little spark, and it's whether or not you nurture that spark. You have to expand it and work on it
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”
Ed Sheeran
“
You live long enough, you lose enough people, you learn to appreciate the memories you have.
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”
Nicholas Sparks
“
Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness.
It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
”
”
Amy Collette (The Gratitude Connection: embrace the positive power of thanks)
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We weren't born to create excuses, we were born to create excellence.
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Janna Cachola
“
like every other aspect of our psychology, motivation is biological.
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”
John J. Ratey (Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain)
“
I've yet to meet anyone who wants to accept it—but that’s pretty much what I’m supposed to do. Because in the end,and no matter how hard it is, acceptance helps people move on with the rest of their lives
”
”
Nicholas Sparks
“
Let the spark in you catch fire and burn into the air, so that it may light up the sky.
”
”
Saim .A. Cheeda
“
The biggest difference between the person who lives his or her dreams and the person who aspires is the decision to convert that first spark of motivation into immediate action.
”
”
Adam Braun (The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change)
“
Perhaps the greatest strike against philosophical pessimism is that its only theme is human suffering. This is the last item on the list of our species’ obsessions and detracts from everything that matters to us, such as the Good, the Beautiful, and a Sparking Clean Toilet Bowl. For the pessimist, everything considered in isolation from human suffering or any cognition that does not have as its motive the origins, nature, and elimination of human suffering is at base recreational, whether it takes the form of conceptual probing or physical action in the world—for example, delving into game theory or traveling in outer space, respectively. And by “human suffering,” the pessimist is not thinking of particular sufferings and their relief, but of suffering itself. Remedies may be discovered for certain diseases and sociopolitical barbarities may be amended. But those are only stopgaps. Human suffering will remain insoluble as long as human beings exist. The one truly effective solution for suffering is that spoken of in Zapffe’s “Last Messiah.” It may not be a welcome solution for a stopgap world, but it would forever put an end to suffering, should we ever care to do so. The pessimist’s credo, or one of them, is that nonexistence never hurt anyone and existence hurts everyone. Although our selves may be illusory creations of consciousness, our pain is nonetheless real.
”
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Thomas Ligotti (The Conspiracy Against the Human Race)
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
”
”
Golda Meir
“
Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status and wealth, petty annoyances can spark disproportionately violent behaviour. We become frustrated because we feel powerless, invisible, unheard. We crave celebrity, but that’s not easy to come by, so we settle for notoriety. Envy and bitterness drive a new breed of lawbreakers, replacing the old motives of poverty and the need for escape. But how do you solve crimes which no longer have traditional motives?
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”
Christopher Fowler (Ten Second Staircase (Bryant & May, #4))
“
For a man to challenge the darkness he need only be armed with a single spark.
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Mark W. Boyer
“
Let us suppose that the great empire of China, with all its myriads of inhabitants, was suddenly swallowed up by an earthquake, and let us consider how a man of humanity in Europe, who had no sort of connection with that part of the world, would be affected upon receiving intelligence of this dreadful calamity. He would, I imagine, first of all, express very strongly his sorrow for the misfortune of that unhappy people, he would make many melancholy reflections upon the precariousness of human life, and the vanity of all the labours of man, which could thus be annihilated in a moment. He would too, perhaps, if he was a man of speculation, enter into many reasonings concerning the effects which this disaster might produce upon the commerce of Europe, and the trade and business of the world in general. And when all this fine philosophy was over, when all these humane sentiments had been once fairly expressed, he would pursue his business or his pleasure, take his repose or his diversion, with the same ease and tranquillity, as if no such accident had happened. The most frivolous disaster which could befall himself would occasion a more real disturbance. If he was to lose his little finger to-morrow, he would not sleep to-night; but, provided he never saw them, he will snore with the most profound security over the ruin of a hundred millions of his brethren, and the destruction of that immense multitude seems plainly an object less interesting to him, than this paltry misfortune of his own. To prevent, therefore, this paltry misfortune to himself, would a man of humanity be willing to sacrifice the lives of a hundred millions of his brethren, provided he had never seen them? Human nature startles with horror at the thought, and the world, in its greatest depravity and corruption, never produced such a villain as could be capable of entertaining it. But what makes this difference? When our passive feelings are almost always so sordid and so selfish, how comes it that our active principles should often be so generous and so noble? When we are always so much more deeply affected by whatever concerns ourselves, than by whatever concerns other men; what is it which prompts the generous, upon all occasions, and the mean upon many, to sacrifice their own interests to the greater interests of others? It is not the soft power of humanity, it is not that feeble spark of benevolence which Nature has lighted up in the human heart, that is thus capable of counteracting the strongest impulses of self-love. It is a stronger power, a more forcible motive, which exerts itself upon such occasions. It is reason, principle, conscience, the inhabitant of the breast, the man within, the great judge and arbiter of our conduct.
”
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Adam Smith (The Theory of Moral Sentiments)
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You can provide the conditions for the motivation of others and the leadership to help them find a way but they must have the intrinsic spark, the desire, to move, to overcome the inertia of the status quo and change things.
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Graham Speechley
“
We must raise our children to understand the importance of giving back like Aman Mehndiratta sparked other’s philanthropy by motivating them to stand for the welfare of the human race. He knows how worth full this practice is for us. There are enormous ways parents can shape and nurture a child’s idea about the community by pervading in the responsibility to act with compassion towards their fellow humans.
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Aman Mehndiratta (Aman Mehndiratta)
“
You were a spark that caught my eye,
And then suddenly you were my sun.
You were a shadow born of dreams,
And then suddenly nightfall was fun.
You were a soft, consoling word,
And then suddenly you were my song.
You were a sweet that touched my lips,
And then suddenly hunger was strong.
You were a scent stirred by the breeze,
And then suddenly you were my air.
You were a star set out of reach,
And then suddenly love was unfair.
”
”
Richelle E. Goodrich (Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year)
“
When I close my eyes
I see the light:
A Universe within my spark;
When I open my eyes
I see the dark:
A Universe out of sight
”
”
Jazalyn (vViIrRuUsS: I Never Forget)
“
Your boldness will be a spark that ignites boldness in others. Be a catalyst for the pursuit of all good things.
”
”
Richelle E. Goodrich (Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year)
“
Walk in light
or dark...
or fly
where your feet
has yet to spark...
”
”
Anjalts
“
You have a spark. It is real. It is you. And right now, it is being activated. You cannot ignore the spark any longer.
”
”
Stephen Lovegrove (How to Find Yourself, Love Yourself, & Be Yourself: The Secret Instruction Manual for Being Human)
“
It happened to me just this year with a beautiful boy I started hanging out with. Call me a hormonal teenager if you want, but evidently I haven’t grown out of this experience. His name, his voice, his face, his laugh - anything was enough to make my heart start beating faster. It’s the spark.
”
”
Stephen Lovegrove (How to Find Yourself, Love Yourself, & Be Yourself: The Secret Instruction Manual for Being Human)
“
last night, I felt it.
happiness.
I didn't recognize the spark at first.
I had forgotten what it was like.
but then, there it was.
a flash of light.
a second of warmth.
a glimmer of hope when all I had for years was darkness.
and just the idea that this might not last forever is motivation enough to keep going.
”
”
Caroline Kaufman (Light Filters in: Poems)
“
Books are full of words and they are the most influential tools in the world. These seemingly innocent things strung together by letters have the power to ignite ideas, to spark a dying motivation, to fuel a passion.
”
”
Sarah Noffke (Warriors (The Reverians, #3))
“
But as time passed, I came to realize that there was only so much I could do myself. That in the end, people who are grieving have to want to move on—that first step, that motivating spark, has to come from within them. And when it does, it opens the door to the unexpected.
”
”
Nicholas Sparks (Safe Haven)
“
Motivation or Ability — Which Should You Increase First? After uncovering the triggers that prompt user actions and deciding which actions you want to turn into habits, you can increase motivation and ability to spark the likelihood of your users taking a desired behavior. But which should you invest in first, motivation or ability? Where is your time and money better spent? The answer is always to start with ability.
”
”
Nir Eyal (Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products)
“
Show me an activist who is so overwhelmed by darkness that they can't feel joy, and I'll show you a useless activist. Grief and anger are powerful motivators. In our case, the sparked a movement and helped it grow. But it was sustained by a desperate need for community, happiness, and love.
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Peter Staley (Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism)
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A creative mind is a spark of divinity.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
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The process of Motivation is as follows: Spark(Passionate Idea), Willpower, Taking Action, Final Creation, Success and finally, reinforced Passion.
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Sean Kross (The Motivation Manual: The 6 Step Formula to Activate and Control Your Motivation on Demand)
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The divinity of thy soul is a spark of divine-self.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
Motivation always sparks a fire within us.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
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Inspiration is a spark. It is nothing unless we use it to build a fire.
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Vironika Tugaleva
“
In limbo is an indecisive manhalf dead half alive
Half on earth half in sky, neither can he run nor fly
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”
Jagdish Bali (The Spark is Within You)
“
Where there’s madness, there’s genius.
Where there is genius, there’s creativity.
We all have it somewhere within us;
that hint of madness,
spark of genius,
untapped creativity.
”
”
Melody Lee (Moon Gypsy)
“
Replace cyber-bullying with cyber-believing.
Let us build eachother up instead of bringing others down. BELIEVE & BUILD
”
”
Janna Cachola
“
If people aren't on board with your dreams, there is still that one man canoe. Sail on and slay on with it.
”
”
Janna Cachola
“
The final magnificent spark of a firework is only the last seconds of the fall. Though it’s invisible to most, it’s the way up that creates all the impact.
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Charlotte Eriksson
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Awkwardness is the new adventure, and growth is our guiding star.
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Sara Yahia (Quietly Sparks: Inner Power in a Loud Realm)
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Defy these preconceived notions and embrace your inner strength.
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Sara Yahia (Quietly Sparks: Inner Power in a Loud Realm)
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Silence is the new loud, and authenticity our battle cry.
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Sara Yahia (Quietly Sparks: Inner Power in a Loud Realm)
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I came to believe that my true identity goes beyond the outer roles I play. It transcends the ego. I came to understand that there is an Authentic 'I' within - an 'I am', or divine spark within the soul.
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Sue Monk Kidd (Sue Monk Kidd 2 books collection set: secret life of bees, invention of wings)
“
They are from the perspective of the Creator. The first meaning of "I am the reason you walk" is "I have created you and therefore you walk." The second meaning is "I am your motivation." The third meaning is "I am that spark inside you called love, which animates you and allows you to live by the Anishinaabe values of kiizhewaatiziwin." The fourth and final meaning is "I am the destination at the end of your life that you ware walking toward.
”
”
Wab Kinew (The Reason You Walk)
“
How do you ignite your passion? It takes only a spark. A forward step, an inspired word, a bold attempt, a look, a nudge—anything that sets off a flicker of excitement. When it is your passion, the smallest thing can ignite it.
”
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Richelle E. Goodrich (Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year)
“
Thomas Slater says that modern authority is based on a system of lies that are accepted by the general population. If you pull away the curtain and show the reality of power, people are motivated to question the fictions that govern their own lives.
”
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John Twelve Hawks (Spark)
“
It is easy to see why so many people view empathy as a powerful force for goodness and moral change. It is easy to see why so many believe that the only problem with empathy is that too often we don’t have enough of it. I used to believe this as well. But now I don’t. Empathy has its merits. It can be a great source of pleasure, involved in art and fiction and sports, and it can be a valuable aspect of intimate relationships. And it can sometimes spark us to do good. But on the whole, it’s a poor moral guide. It grounds foolish judgments and often motivates indifference and cruelty. It can lead to irrational and unfair political decisions, it can corrode certain important relationships, such as between a doctor and a patient, and make us worse at being friends, parents, husbands, and wives.
”
”
Paul Bloom (Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion)
“
Books are full of words and they are the most influential tools in the world. These seemingly innocent things strung together by letters have the power to ignite ideas, to spark a dying motivation, to fuel a passion. Words in essence can breathe life and they can take it.
”
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Sarah Noffke (Warriors (The Reverians, #3))
“
Getting a spark of inspiration to write is the best feeling in the world, no matter what time it is...I get a feeling on the inside that urges me to get up from whatever I am doing, grabbing that pen and writing down whatever my heart and mind tell me too... it's beautiful."
”
”
Sontia Levy-Mason (As Low As It Gets)
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But this must not be confused with our usual ideas of the practice of “unselfishness,” which is the effort to identify with others and their needs while still under the strong illusion of being no more than a skin-contained ego. Such “unselfishness” is apt to be a highly refined egotism, comparable to the in-group which plays the game of “we’re-more-tolerant-than-you.” The Vedanta was not originally moralistic; it did not urge people to ape the saints without sharing their real motivations, or to ape motivations without sharing the knowledge which sparks them.
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Alan W. Watts (The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are)
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Even perfection is a myth. There is no evidence of a perfect world, a perfect man or a perfect family anywhere on earth. Perfection, be it Rama Rajya or Camelot, exists only in mythology. Yet everyone craves for it. This craving inspires art, establishes empires, sparks revolutions and motivates leaders. Such is the power of myth.
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Devdutt Pattanaik (Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology)
“
If they aren’t asking for information, what are they asking for? They are saying they are stuck and can’t gather enough traction to get unstuck. They are saying that they are not able to choose because they lack the wherewithal to take action. They need a charge, a spark, an incentive, and they need it from within themselves. A well-placed why provides this spark. Not
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G. Scott Graham (Motivational Interviewing Made Easy: A Simple, 5-week Program to Build Motivational Interviewing Skills)
“
The ideas, that are currently permeating your mind, are your golden tickets towards a life that you have always desired.
These sparks of inspiration aren't a figment of your imagination. In fact, they have been divinely sent to you for very important reasons. Planted in your head like a seed that needs nurturing.
This is your sign to pursue what came to your mind while reading this. It is not a coincidence.
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”
Robin S. Baker
“
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain - John J. Ratey, MD, with Eric Hagerman Exercise Every Day: 32 Tactics for Building the Exercise Habit (Even if you hate working out) - S.J. Scott No Gym Needed - Quick & Simple Workouts for Gals on the Go: Get a Toned Body in 30 Minutes or Less - Lise Cartwright Weight Loss Motivation Hacks: 7 Psychological Tricks That Keep You Motivated to Lose Weight - Derek Doepker Books
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”
Sarah Lentz (The Hypothyroid Writer: Seven daily habits that will heal your brain, feed your creative genius, and help you write like never before)
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We humans always feel solitariness, trouble, and much more and always have a tough time coping with it. In my case, I wrote dilemmas down and could see answers in me. That’s how it grew.
I want people around me to make their dreams come true, not to withdraw. I want them to smile at little things than being agitated. I want their heart to engulf in positivity, not to give up. I want them to be in euphoria, for being alive and blessed. I want them to cope up with their difficult times with a splendid grin.
”
”
Mariyam Ridha (The Light of Sparks : The Seeking Inspiration)
“
Paul was an attorney. And this was what his as yet brief career in the law had done to his brain. He was comforted by minutiae. His mortal fears could be assuaged only by an encyclopedic command of detail. Paul was a professional builder of narratives. He was a teller of concise tales. His work was to take a series of isolated events and, shearing from them their dross, craft from them a progression. The morning’s discrete images—a routine labor, a clumsy error, a grasping arm, a crowded street, a spark of fire, a blood-speckled child, a dripping corpse—could be assembled into a story. There would be a beginning, a middle, and an end. Stories reach conclusions, and then they go away. Such is their desperately needed magic. That day’s story, once told in his mind, could be wrapped up, put aside, and recalled only when necessary. The properly assembled narrative would guard his mind from the terror of raw memory. Even a true story is a fiction, Paul knew. It is the comforting tool we use to organize the chaotic world around us into something comprehensible. It is the cognitive machine that separates the wheat of emotion from the chaff of sensation. The real world is overfull with incidents, brimming over with occurrences. In our stories, we disregard most of them until clear reason and motivation emerge. Every story is an invention, a technological device not unlike the very one that on that morning had seared a man’s skin from his bones. A good story could be put to no less dangerous a purpose. As an attorney, the tales that Paul told were moral ones. There existed, in his narratives, only the injured and their abusers. The slandered and the liars. The swindled and the thieves. Paul constructed these characters painstakingly until the righteousness of his plaintiff—or his defendant—became overwhelming. It was not the job of a litigator to determine facts; it was his job to construct a story from those facts by which a clear moral conclusion would be unavoidable. That was the business of Paul’s stories: to present an undeniable view of the world. And then to vanish, once the world had been so organized and a profit fairly earned.
”
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Graham Moore (The Last Days of Night)
“
Maybe the real issue here is that we were not created to do life by ourselves. We were not given a sentence of solitary confinement and placed in a world of isolation, but from the moment we entered this human experience, it was clear there was a world waiting to be discovered, creatures which were there for our interaction.
And the spark inside us often has to be spoken to, to be touched by the soul of another. It’s as if the spark is only visible through the lens of night vision, a set of goggles which only another human being can hand to us.
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”
Stephen Lovegrove (How to Find Yourself, Love Yourself, & Be Yourself: The Secret Instruction Manual for Being Human)
“
The beauty of exercise is that it attacks the problem from both directions at the same time. It gets us moving, naturally, which stimulates the brain stem and gives us more energy, passion, interest, and motivation. We feel more vigorous. From above, in the prefrontal cortex, exercise shifts our self-concept by adjusting all the chemicals I’ve mentioned, including serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, BDNF, VEGF, and so on. And unlike many antidepressants, exercise doesn’t selectively influence anything—it adjusts the chemistry of the entire brain to restore normal signaling.
”
”
John J. Ratey (Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain)
“
The past experiences of our lives should be used to guide us in making wise decisions for the future. We are certainly not to dwell in the past, and to do so is lingering in a world that no longer exists.
The success of each us as individual is not defined by others, but defined by ourselves. If indeed we are purposeful, faithful, and motivated…the pursuit of our dreams becomes a rapturous journey unto itself. And we remarkably find that amidst the struggle and turmoil of life…there have been infinite sparks of creativity, passion and drive residing in our hearts, our minds and our souls.
”
”
dreams success achievement past motivation spiritual
“
Empathy has its merits. It can be a great source of pleasure, involved in art and fiction and sports, and it can be a valuable aspect of intimate relationships. And it can sometimes spark us to do good. But on the whole, it’s a poor moral guide. It grounds foolish judgments and often motivates indifference and cruelty. It can lead to irrational and unfair political decisions, it can corrode certain important relationships, such as between a doctor and a patient, and make us worse at being friends, parents, husbands, and wives. I am against empathy, and one of the goals of this book is to persuade you to be against empathy too.
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”
Paul Bloom (Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion)
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Join our movement, our dialectical adventure, our mission to release humanity’s hidden potential. Make your own unique dialectical contribution. It’s time for the renaissance of the human race. We want to illuminate the cosmos with the light of humanity’s glittering, glinting, shimmering sparks of every conceivable bright colour. We are marching towards perfection. Reject the past. Reject the Old World Order, the old religions, the old politics, the old rules of society. It’s time to begin again. Now, finally, we understand the way forward – as a dialectical progression towards the Omega Point of Omega Humanity. The time has come to revalue all values.
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”
Michael Faust (The Meritocracy Party)
“
No one’s coming to save the world. Not Jesus Christ, not anyone. If the world is to be saved then it’s our responsibility, no one else’s. The very act of believing in a Saviour is a disgrace. It’s cowardice and laziness, an abdication of our personal obligations. The logic of our central theme of “becoming God” is that each of us has to don the divine mantle. Salvation is our business, not someone else’s. It’s time to be active, not passive. It’s time to make things happen; not sit back and wait for others. It’s time to create our own “Rapture”, not pray to someone else to make it happen. We have to stop being alienated from our divine spark. It’s time to burnish it and let it illuminate the world.
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Michael Faust (The Right-Brain God)
“
Stop your sentence midway through. Ernest Hemingway published fifteen books during his lifetime, and one of his favorite productivity techniques was one I’ve used myself (even to write this book). He often ended a writing session not at the end of a section or paragraph but smack in the middle of a sentence. That sense of incompletion lit a midpoint spark that helped him begin the following day with immediate momentum. One reason the Hemingway technique works is something called the Zeigarnik effect, our tendency to remember unfinished tasks better than finished ones.2 When you’re in the middle of a project, experiment by ending the day partway through a task with a clear next step. It might fuel your day-to-day motivation.
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Daniel H. Pink (When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing)
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But how could empathy steer us wrong? Well, read on. But in brief: Empathy is a spotlight focusing on certain people in the here and now. This makes us care more about them, but it leaves us insensitive to the long-term consequences of our acts and blind as well to the suffering of those we do not or cannot empathize with. Empathy is biased, pushing us in the direction of parochialism and racism. It is shortsighted, motivating actions that might make things better in the short term but lead to tragic results in the future. It is innumerate, favoring the one over the many. It can spark violence; our empathy for those close to us is a powerful force for war and atrocity toward others. It is corrosive in personal relationships; it exhausts the spirit and can diminish the force of kindness and love.
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Paul Bloom (Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion)
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Putting the Other Person Down The manipulator has other options available to help them reach their ultimate goal. One tactic that can be quite effective consists in putting their target down on a regular basis. However, this isn’t done through insults or threats. This covert technique is very useful because the manipulator uses it in a very subtle manner. This can be seen in the abundant use of sarcasm or perhaps passive-aggressive attacks. For example, the manipulator may say, “don’t we look lovely today” when it is clear that the victim is not at their best. A passive-aggressive approach might be something like, “I’m just going to have to take you in for a good scrubbing and a haircut.” It might say in a playful tone, but the subtext is far more sinister. As for the target, they may not realize that they are the subject of manipulation. They may feel terrible as a result of the interaction, but may not realize that they are being deliberately acted upon by the manipulator. Consequently, the target is left to wonder is what the motives might be for being treated in such a manner. Honestly, it doesn’t really matter, at least not to the manipulator. What does matter is that the target is left feeling vulnerable and exposed. This is where the manipulator can make the most of their efforts. When a victim is left feeling defenseless, the manipulator is in a prime position to take advantage ([27]). On the contrary, if a person feels safe and empowered, the likelihood of them being manipulated is quite low. That’s why manipulators prey upon people with low self-esteem. If a person has high self-esteem, then they won’t be easily manipulated. If anything, put-downs and insults will spark a defensive reaction. That would leave the manipulator with no choice but to move on to the next victim.
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William Cooper (Dark Psychology and Manipulation: Discover 40 Covert Emotional Manipulation Techniques, Mind Control, Brainwashing. Learn How to Analyze People, NLP Secret ... Effect, Subliminal Influence Book 1))
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Along with saying no, the easiest thing you can do to become more influential is just ask. Ask more often, ask more directly, and ask for more. People who ask for what they want get better grades, more raises and promotions, and bigger job opportunities and even more orgasm. This might seem obvious but apparently it isn't.
Most people do not realize how often they are not asking until they start asking more often. Whenever our MBA course ends and students share the biggest thing they have learned - after we have done so much together - the most common answer is “just ask”. The full realization comes from practice. What if you’re not sure how to ask? Just ask the other person. Seriously. One of the simplest and most surprising influence hacks is that if you ask people how to influence them, they will often tell you.
Most of us are reluctant to ask because we fundamentally misunderstand the psychology of asking and we underestimate our likelihood of success. In one series of experiments, employees were more likely to turn in mediocre work than to ask for deadline extension, fearing their supervisor, would think them incompetent if they asked for extra time. But they had it backward: Managers saw extension requests as a good sign of capability and motivation. Pg 64, 65
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Zoe Chance (Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen)
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Let’s explore some key signs you should be watchful for: Unrelenting fatigue: Persistent exhaustion, even after adequate rest and sleep, is a key part of Autistic burnout. When grappling with burnout, your body may feel utterly exhausted, leaving you scrambling for energy to complete even the simplest tasks. Heightened sensory sensitivities: Sensitivity to sensory stimuli—be it noise, light, texture, or smell—intensifies during burnout, amplifying your susceptibility to sensory overload, meltdowns, and shutdowns. Sensory stimuli that used to feel manageable may now feel overwhelming. Skills and functioning decline: A conspicuous drop in skills like focusing, organizing, problem-solving, and speaking is another feature of burnout and makes social interactions more daunting. Emotional dysregulation: Burnout-induced dysregulation in your nervous and sensory systems hampers your ability to manage your emotions, resulting in intense emotions or emotional numbness. Increased anxiety, irritability, or feelings of being overwhelmed are common during burnout. Diminished tolerance for change: During burnout, your capacity to absorb and adapt to change wanes, and you may seek comfort in sameness and predictability. You might experience heightened distress in the face of the unexpected. Social isolation: Burnout can spark a retreat into solitude and diminish your ability to engage socially. You might withdraw from social interactions and lose motivation for once-enjoyed hobbies or activities. Masking: Burnout can throw a wrench in your masking abilities, and it can be confusing if you don’t understand what is happening! Interestingly, lots of adults don’t get their autism diagnosis until they are in burnout and have lost their ability to mask.
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Megan Anna Neff (Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask!)
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New companion
Yoo Joonghyuk's Black Heavenly Demon Sword filled with the power of
transcendence flew to my neck. It was an inevitable blow.
Then a crack appeared in the ceiling of the banquet hall. Yoo Joonghyuk
looked up at the ceiling but it was already too late. The running Yoo
Joonghyuk was crushed by the fragments of the broken ceiling.
Some large pieces were avoided but there were too many stones pouring
down. I saw a shadow in the dirty dust. The hair was sweaty like the person
had rushed here. The bandages half released from the left arm was blowing
in the wind.
In the dust, this person smiled as she trampled on Yoo Joonghyuk. "I knew
you couldn't do this without me."
[The incarnation 'Han Sooyoung' is jumping into the verdict of the giant
story!]
pg 3901
38. Perhaps Han Sooyoung had adjusted her shares ownership to Lee Seolhwa
as soon as she learnt the information here. Then she came straight to this
place. Han Sooyoung turned towards the surrounding constellations and
declared with a growl, "I am evil. In addition, that fucking Kim Dokja
standing over there is definitely evil."
Han Sooyoung made me evil regardless of everything else and continued
looking at Yoo Joonghyuk and the party members.
pg 3903
39. This person shouting with her short hair flying looked amazing. At this
time, Han Sooyoung could be seen as the main character, not Yoo
Joonghyuk. pg 3903
40. The eyes of the group shook. I saw Han Sooyoung turn away. Then I spoke
like I was pulling the trigger. "You are characters of a story."
pg 3925
41. 'It's no fun when no one is fighting back'pg4046
42. However, I endured. I simply had to. So that I could grasp that one and only
chance soon to be coming my way pg 4078
43. Along with the explosive grinding noise, blue sparks danced in the air.
"Why are you standing around dazed like that, you dumbass?!"
Han Sooyoung was standing next to me now pg 4102
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shing shong (OMNISCIENT READER'S VIEWPOINT (light novel vol2))
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Laughter, then, shows us the boundaries that language is too shy to make explicit. In this way, humor can be extremely useful for exploring the boundaries of the social world. The sparks of laughter illuminate what is otherwise murky and hard to pin down with precision: the threshold between safety and danger, between what’s appropriate and what’s transgressive, between who does and doesn’t deserve our empathy. In fact, what laughter illustrates is precisely the fact that our norms and other social boundaries aren’t etched in stone with black-and-white precision, but ebb and shift through shades of gray, depending on context. For this task, language just doesn’t cut it. It’s too precise, too quotable, too much “on the record”—all of which can be stifling and oppressive, especially when stated norms are too strict. In order to communicate in this kind of environment, we (clever primates) turn to a medium that gives us “wiggle room” to squirm out of an accusation, to defy any sticklers who would try to hold us accountable.
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Kevin Simler (The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life)
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Hope is a torch, courage is a spark, fortitude is a flame, and faith is a star.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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AJ huffed a heavy sigh. “I’m not good at this.”
She sat on the edge of the bed with her hands tucked under her legs. “Good at what?”
“This…” he motioned between them “…this relationship stuff. I should care enough to ask you more about your past, the blood thing, the ridiculous profession you’ve chosen, the reason why you’re living with your brother … but I’m too fucking selfish. I can barely deal with my own pathetic life, I just—”
She shook her head. “It’s fine. I have nothing to tell.”
His head jerked back a fraction as his eyelids fluttered with rapid blinks. “What is that supposed to mean?”
Jillian lifted a single shoulder. “You act like I’m on a cliff’s edge just waiting, begging you to ask me about my past and my ‘issues,’ but I’m not. The fact that you don’t ask me about it is why this…” she mimicked his motion between them “…relationship works.”
He nodded with an absent stare.
She’d gone too far. It was a slippery balance between too much and not enough. It’s human nature to desire what’s perceived as the unattainable. Was she making her past seem too unattainable?
“Don’t.”
AJ’s gaze snapped to hers. “Don’t what?”
“I was simply stating a fact. Don’t interpret it as a game. I’m not playing hard to get with my emotions. It’s not a trap.”
He rested his hands on his hips and stared at his feet.
“It’s a gift, AJ. You will never have to be my gallant knight on his trusty steed, drawing your sword to defend my honor. I will never gawk at sparkly diamonds in the jewelry store window or ask you where you see our relationship going.”
“You sound callous, but I know you’re not. I’ve experienced your compassion.”
“That’s a gift too. I’ve never been compassionate toward you with an ulterior motive. I’m not callous. I’m strong. It takes a lot of strength to give unconditionally because the ego is a savage, demanding beast.”
He narrowed his eyes a bit. “So nothing … you don’t want anything from me in return.”
Jillian smirked, prowling toward him. “I’m compassionate, not a saint.” She slid her hands under his shirt, tracing the definition of each firm plane of muscle.
He quirked a brow. “So you want me for my body?”
A provocative smirk stole her lips as she pushed up his shirt and teased her teeth over his skin. “I think we both know it’s not for your stellar personality.”
“You’re such a bitch,” he growled, grabbing her ass and lifting her up.
She wrapped her legs around his waist and laughed. “But an honest bitch.
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Jewel E. Ann (End of Day (Jack & Jill, #1))
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Don't let the spark(FIRE) in you die from the tears(WATER) of your eyes
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Mukul Rao
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Motivation loses its spark, the minute we start implementing rules on why, when or where it should be used. It’s a spark which must always be kept ignited.
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Shahenshah Hafeez Khan
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Talent is a spark, genius is the flame.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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Anumber of things jump out about the Dyson story. The first is that the solution seems rather obvious in hindsight. This is often the case with innovation, and it’s something we will come back to. But now consider a couple of other aspects of the story. The first is that the creative process started with a problem, what you might even call a failure, in the existing technology. The vacuum cleaner kept blocking. It let out a screaming noise. Dyson had to keep bending down to pick up bits of trash by hand. Had everything been going smoothly Dyson would have had no motivation to change things. Moreover, he would have had no intellectual challenge to sink his teeth into. It was the very nature of the engineering problem that sparked a possible solution (a bagless vacuum cleaner). And this turns out to be an almost perfect metaphor for the creative process, whether it involves vacuum cleaners, a quest for a new brand name, or a new scientific theory. Creativity is, in many respects, a response.
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Matthew Syed (Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do)
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I was so busy planning for tomorrow that I had nothing done today.
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Keri L. Sparks (The Girl Who Came and Saw and Wanted to Leave (The Alvea Saga, #1))
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If you have a spark of genius, kindle it until it becomes a flame.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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In the time I spent re-reading my throwaway novel, I knew that I had to put myself out there. I needed to have my own inner spark of light if I was going to have a future with Kristi. I didn’t want to work in an office anymore. I needed to work for myself, but that is a difficult step. The journey of writing a novel starts with writing the first word. You can’t have a ending without a beginning, but beginnings are always the hardest part. Too often we let the struggle in the middle overwhelm us and we start over.
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Paul S. Anderson
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Spark exists for a moment and then turns into ash. How is human life different?
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Sukant Ratnakar (Quantraz)
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Luciferians strive for balance between the primal instincts which motivate our designs in life (darkness); with self-determination in maintaining self-control and applying our ability to use reason and logic (light). This symbol of unity of darkness (instinct, emotion) and light (intellect, logic) sparks the Black Flame (inspired imaginative consciousness and potential towards your True Will). This is represented as Liberation, the conscious act of logically destroying restrictive dogma, especially if uncomfortable to gain new levels of insight and power; Illumination is the achievement of the insight of the experience.
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Michael W. Ford (Apotheosis: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Luciferianism & the Left-Hand Path)
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Change your struggles into success stories. Pray, have Faith and do what is essential to spark change.
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Gift Gugu Mona (The Essence of Faith: Daily Inspirational Quotes)
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Inspiration is the fuel, and language is the spark that sets the fire of creativity ablaze.
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Pep Talk Radio
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The passage of time should never extinguish your spark or diminish your dreams; always remember, you are never too old to shine brightly.
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Shree Shambav (Twenty + One - 21 Short Stories - Series II)
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In the realm of boundless skies I soar,
With the fire of beginnings, I implore,
Though thorns may pierce, and darkness may loom,
I'll test my strength in thunder's fierce boom.
For high above, I seek my place,
In the heavens, a name to embrace,
Yet every breath fuels my might,
As I brave the storms, take flight in the night.
In the face of dust, my resolve remains,
Despite the wounds, and life's crushing pains,
I stand unbroken, my spirit's ablaze,
In the crucible, I'll burn and amaze.
Though I may stumble, and falter, and strain,
In my heart, the desire remains untamed,
With sparks in my eyes, and hope in my veins,
I'll rise from the ashes, through trials and gains.
For I've etched in my fists, a star's radiant gleam,
In the city's uproar, I'll conquer, it seems,
Though darkness may fall in an infinite stream,
My end won't be falling; it's more than it seems.
On my face, I may wear the marks of the fight,
With a broken resolve, a fractured light,
But within my core, strength takes its flight,
And from the embers, I'll emerge in the night.
Though breaths may shatter, and heartbeats may sway,
In the depths of my being, I'll find my way,
With fiery gaze, and a steadfast say,
I'll conquer the tempest, come what may.
I've woven a star in the palm of my hand,
Let the drums of the city resound, understand,
Though shadows may gather, like grains of sand,
My fall is not final, I'll rise and expand.
In the realm of boundless skies, I roam,
With a heart unyielding, I'll find my home,
Through trials and triumphs, I'll ceaselessly roam,
My end isn't falling; it's where I'll become.
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Manmohan Mishra
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Success takes action; it is not enough to simply dream. Let your every step ignite the spark that ignites change, as actions speak louder than words.
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Felecia Etienne (Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women)
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Take aligned actions that echo your core values, igniting a spark that inspires others to do the same.
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Felecia Etienne