Dare to love yourself, as if you were a rainbow, with gold at both ends.
–Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
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As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.
― John Muir
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this blooming redbud on a lunchtime walk around the Richmond capital buildings. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my Kodak Share digital camera. I like how the background came out a little blurry…
I want to believe that I’m not wrong. I want to believe that life isn’t full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.
― Natsuki Takaya
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You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.
–Charlie Chaplin
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I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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Difficulties and adversities viciously force all their might on us and cause us to fall apart, but they are necessary elements of individual growth and reveal our true potential. We have got to endure and overcome them, and move forward. Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this container of pansies on a lunchtime walk around downtown Richmond, VA. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my Kodak Share digital camera. And it’s even a little blurry…
When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm
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Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.
–Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
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Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a glass sun-catcher that hangs in my office window. Taken on a bright morning with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried … nothing is so warming and companionable.
― Elizabeth Goudge
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