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Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 1d

“The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. What else can you do?”

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 2d

"Scatter your flowers as you go; you will never go this way again."

Orison Swett Marden

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Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 3d

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Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 4d

“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.”

Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

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Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 5d

"We build too many walls and not enough bridges."

Isaac Newton

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 6d

“Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else.”

His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 7d

“Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”

The Gautama Buddha

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 8d

"To keep our hearts open is probably the most urgent responsibility we have."

Leonard Cohen

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Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 9d

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

William James

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 9d

"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle."

Paulo Coelho

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 10d

"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle."

Paulo Coelho

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 11d

“Awareness of impermanence and appreciation of our human potential will give us a sense of urgency that we must use every precious moment.”

Dalai Lama

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 12d

“New day, new miracle.”

Lailah Gifty Akita

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 13d

"Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find somebody's hand and squeeze it, while there's time."

Dale Dauten

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 15d

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”

Amelia Earhart

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 16d

“Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which individuals are driven to devoting their lives to becoming enlightened by the natural flood of compassion for others that arises from their wisdom.”

Robert Thurman

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 19d

“Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present.”

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 21d

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 22d

“Intention is the karma of the mind.”

Gunaprabha, The Treasury of Abhidharma, Translated by Elizabeth M. Callahan

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 23d

“May you be at peace,
May your heart remain open.
May you awaken to the light of your own true nature.
May you be healed,
May you be a source of healing for all beings.”

Buddhist Prayer

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 24d

When we let our hearts truly melt they drip, like golden honey, onto everything they touch – leaving everything a little sweeter. ❤️

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 26d

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

Desmond Tutu

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 27d

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."

William Shakespeare

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Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 28d

“Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.”

John Henry Jowett

Donna Adams @donnielonnie.bsky.social · 29d

“I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.”

John Green