AOM Meditations: 111618

Rolling Muscles, Lapping Waves by Gabriel Garbow

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“Courage doesn't always roar. 

Sometimes courage is the little voice 

at the end of the day that says 

I'll try again tomorrow.” 

~Mary Anne Radmacher

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“The mountains that enfold the vale

With walls of granite, steep and high,

Invite the fearless foot to scale

Their stairway toward the sky. 

The restless, deep, dividing sea

That flows and foams from shore to shore,

Calls to its sunburned chivalry,

"Push out, set sail, explore!" 

And all the bars at which we fret, 

That seem to prison and control, 

Are but the doors of daring, set

Ajar before the soul. 

Say not, "Too poor," but freely give;

Sigh not, "Too weak," but boldly try,

You never can begin to live

Until you dare to die.” 

~Henry Van Dyke

AOM Meditations: 100918

by William Trost Richards

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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” 

~Hunter S. Thompson

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“The purpose of life is to live it, 

to taste experience to the utmost, 

to reach out eagerly and without fear 

for newer and richer experience.” 

~Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than pleasing people. There is much more to life than following others' prescribed path. There is so much more to life than what you experience right now. You need to decide who you are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.” 

~Roy T. Bennett