tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77356734899609011892024-03-13T03:06:47.628-07:00Moments in TimeDonna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-18746876646563441522023-12-06T04:20:00.000-08:002023-12-06T04:20:53.088-08:00<p> </p><p style="color: #121e44; font-size: 30px; line-height: 130%; padding-bottom: 0; text-align: left;"><em><span><br /></span></em><span style="font-style: normal;"><em><span>I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.</span></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: right;"><span>letter, January 1856</span></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-6720328136297507622023-08-27T05:27:00.000-07:002023-08-27T05:27:04.287-07:00<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">It is said that before entering the sea</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">a river trembles with fear.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">She looks back at the path she has traveled,</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">from the peaks of the mountains,</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">the long winding road crossing forests and villages.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And in front of her,</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">she sees an ocean so vast,</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">that to enter</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">But there is no other way.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The river can not go back.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Nobody can go back.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">To go back is impossible in existence.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The river needs to take the risk</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">of entering the ocean</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">because only then will fear disappear,</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">because that’s where the river will know</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">but of becoming the ocean.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">~ Khalil Gibran </div></div><p> </p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-23864343165750462252023-07-16T18:48:00.003-07:002023-07-16T18:48:38.305-07:00<p><span style="font-size: large;">THE SECRET, ALICE, IS TO<br />SURROUND YOURSELF WITH<br />PEOPLE WHO MAKE YOUR<br />HEART SMILE. IT'S THEN,<br />ONLY THEN, THAT YOU'LL<br />FIND WONDERLAND.</span></p><p> <i> Lewis Carroll</i></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-54729829727086802032023-06-06T05:26:00.001-07:002023-06-06T05:26:18.199-07:00<p> <span style="font-style: normal;"><em>We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.</em></span>
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</table><em>If This Isn't Nice, What Is?</em></div>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-65764351578109066502023-04-18T17:44:00.001-07:002023-04-18T17:44:42.827-07:00<p> </p><p>“In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.<br />In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.<br />In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.<br />I realized, through it all, that…<br />In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.<br />And
that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world
pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something
better, pushing right back.”<br />— Albert Camus</p><br />Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-48813243146142825262023-03-20T06:01:00.002-07:002023-03-20T06:01:29.457-07:00<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><div class="m_4125415837292465760mj-column-per-100 m_4125415837292465760component-wrapper m_4125415837292465760kl-text-table-layout" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-size: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="m_4125415837292465760kl-text" style="background: #ffffff; font-size: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 50px; padding-right: 50px; padding-top: 50px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><div style="color: #121e44; font-family: New York,Georgia; font-size: 26px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.3; text-align: center;"><p style="color: #121e44; font-size: 30px; line-height: 130%; padding-bottom: 0; text-align: left;"><em><span><br />Do not look back. And do not dream about the future, either...Your duty, your reward—your destiny—are here and now.<br /></span></em></p></div>
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<em></em>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-30828862058310122842022-11-16T13:12:00.002-08:002022-11-16T13:12:47.165-08:00<p> </p><h1>Desiderata: Original Text</h1>
<p class="center"><em>This is the original text from the book where Desiderata was first published.</em></p>
<p><span class="bold">Go placidly</span> amid the noise and the
haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as
possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.</p>
<p>Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.</p>
<p>Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the
spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or
bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than
yourself.</p>
<p>Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in
your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing
fortunes of time.</p>
<p>Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full
of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many
persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.</p>
<p>Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical
about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as
perennial as the grass.</p>
<p>Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.</p>
<p>Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But
do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of
fatigue and loneliness.</p>
<p>Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a
child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a
right to be here.</p>
<p>And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is
unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you
conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the
noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham,
drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.</p>
<p>by Max Ehrmann ©1927<br />
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<p class="rule"><br /></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-74502203289768592762022-11-16T13:11:00.004-08:002023-05-15T16:11:45.586-07:00You Learn by Jorge Luis Borges<p> </p><div class="__fs-ancillary" style="--childwidth: 728px; visibility: visible;"><div class="__fs-branding"><a href="https://freestar.com/?utm_campaign=branding&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=hellopoetry.com&utm_content=hellopoetry_leaderboard_atf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><img alt="freestar" height="14" src="https://a.pub.network/core/imgs/fslogo-green.svg" width="14" /></a></div></div><span class="subtle"> </span>
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<em><br /><br />After a while you learn the subtle difference<br />Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,<br />And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning<br />And company doesn’t mean security.<br /><br />And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts<br />And presents aren’t promises,<br />And you begin to accept your defeats<br />With your head up and your eyes open<br /><br />With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,<br />And you learn to build all your roads on today<br />Because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans<br />And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.<br /><br /> <br />After a while you learn…<br />That even sunshine burns if you get too much.<br />So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,<br />Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.<br /><br /> And you learn that you really can endure…<br /> That you really are strong<br />And you really do have worth…<br />And you learn and learn…<br /><br />With every good-bye you learn.</em>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-69614121016510873812022-05-24T17:11:00.000-07:002022-05-24T17:11:03.312-07:00<p> </p><p> </p>
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day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every
illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no
thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.</em></p>
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<p style="letter-spacing: 5px; padding-bottom: 0; text-align: right;"><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><i>Letter, 1847</i></span></span></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-79036481080660691482022-03-14T05:39:00.000-07:002022-03-14T05:39:03.547-07:00<p> <em>I shall
never have the garden I have in my mind, but that for me is the joy of
it; certain things can never be realized and so all the more reason to
attempt them.</em>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><i>The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life) </i></span></span><span style="color: #54749b;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><i><br />
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</p><p style="color: #122a54; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;"><em>They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.</em></p>
<p style="letter-spacing: 5px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #122a54; font-family: verdana,"san serif"; font-size: 14px;">–</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>ANDY WARHOL</i></span></span></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-22350263536627634412021-12-30T05:58:00.002-08:002021-12-30T05:58:37.820-08:00<p> </p><p style="color: #122a54; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;"><em>Things do not change; we change.</em></p>
<p style="letter-spacing: 5px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #122a54; font-family: verdana,"san serif"; font-size: 14px;">–</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>HENRY DAVID THOREAU</i></span></span></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-26508785886999648072021-12-28T05:55:00.002-08:002021-12-28T05:55:28.512-08:00<p> </p><p style="color: #122a54; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;"><em>Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.</em></p>
<p style="letter-spacing: 5px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #122a54; font-family: verdana,"san serif"; font-size: 14px;">–</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>MARCUS AURELIUS</i></span></span></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-66706745811373216092021-12-28T04:54:00.003-08:002023-04-18T17:51:59.101-07:00<p><br /></p><p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">What
is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present,
hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow
with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.
~Agnes M. Pahro</span></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-74058699284927497652021-12-26T05:32:00.000-08:002021-12-26T05:32:31.785-08:00<p> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em;">Mantra #1: <strong>Be here now, and breathe.</strong>
-- Life often leads us on journeys we would never go on if it were up
to us. Don’t be afraid. Trust the journey, and give yourself credit for
your resilience and how far you’ve come this year. You’ve lived, you’ve
learned, you’ve survived all your bad days, and you’re still here
growing. So just remind yourself right now: You are not your bad days.
You are not your mistakes. You are not your scars. You are not your
past. Be here now... and breathe.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em;">Mantra #2: <strong>This is the beginning.</strong>
-- Everything in life—every situation and every relationship—has to
come to an end eventually. It’s important to appreciate and accept the
end of an era—to walk away sensibly when something has reached its
inevitable conclusion. Letting go, turning the page, moving forward,
etc. It doesn’t matter what you call it, what matters is that you leave
the past where it belongs so you can make the best of the life that’s
presently available to be lived. This ending is not THE END, it’s just
your life beginning again in a new way. It’s a point in your story where
one chapter fades into the next.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em;">Mantra #3: <strong>In your present response is your power.</strong>
-- The goal isn’t to get rid of all your negative thoughts, feelings,
and life situations from this past year. That’s impossible. The goal is
to change your response to them. The first step? Anchoring yourself in
the present. Because no matter what, you can always fight the battles of
today. It’s only when you add the infinite battles of yesterday and
tomorrow that life gets overly complicated.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em;">The bottom line is, despite the real world
challenges you face, the biggest and most complex obstacle you will ever
have to personally overcome is your own mind.<strong> </strong>In other words, <strong>you
aren't responsible for everything that happens to you in life, but you
ARE responsible for undoing the self-defeating thinking patterns that
these undesirable experiences create.</strong></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em;"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em;"><strong>Marc & Angel </strong>
</p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-63357299811382360922021-12-22T04:05:00.002-08:002021-12-22T04:05:25.325-08:00<p> <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">"We
are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is
pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves." Buddha</span></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-90484641903541980022021-12-08T03:56:00.003-08:002021-12-08T03:56:34.209-08:00<p> "You can't go wrong doing the right thing."</p><p>Mark Twain<br /></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-86069893831583242322021-12-07T04:26:00.002-08:002021-12-07T04:26:22.417-08:00<p>
</p><p style="color: #122a54; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;"><em>If I can stop one heart from breaking,<br />
I shall not live in vain;<br />
If I can ease one life the aching,<br />
Or cool one pain,<br />
Or help one fainting robin<br />
Unto his nest again,<br />
I shall not live in vain.</em></p>
<p style="color: #122a54; font-family: verdana,"san serif"; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 5px; text-align: right;">–EMILY DICKINSON</p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-51710978499214552912021-11-19T05:03:00.002-08:002021-11-19T05:03:58.183-08:00<p> </p><p style="color: #122a54; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;"><em>We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.</em></p>
<p style="color: #122a54; font-family: verdana,"san serif"; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 5px; text-align: right;">–DAG HAMMARSKJOLD</p>
<em>Markings</em><em></em><br />
Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-53443411745166961712021-11-09T04:40:00.001-08:002021-11-09T04:40:07.268-08:00<p> </p><p style="color: #122a54; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;"><em>Forever — is composed of Nows –</em></p>
<p style="color: #122a54; font-family: verdana,"san serif"; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 5px; text-align: right;">–EMILY DICKINSON</p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-20301135113094258672021-11-06T05:18:00.000-07:002021-11-06T05:18:02.441-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP2Eozx4rMFx5pKMUOVCgKmGdfEu5p80pZXwqOU9FDWkFCmkzrGWSD_pLt7Uqjg_yiz7IyfsinhmMrNpc7n7LxWJPmEl5dIzZBDGTKhLOMr5NenXQIEM7NzcwF7IjEdu8UNMxTm8QjVKfmigmRoNTPmLvZUEvhxIQXEvWQiLQAmdjuzMr8Ww4nROQ=s3456" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="2594" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP2Eozx4rMFx5pKMUOVCgKmGdfEu5p80pZXwqOU9FDWkFCmkzrGWSD_pLt7Uqjg_yiz7IyfsinhmMrNpc7n7LxWJPmEl5dIzZBDGTKhLOMr5NenXQIEM7NzcwF7IjEdu8UNMxTm8QjVKfmigmRoNTPmLvZUEvhxIQXEvWQiLQAmdjuzMr8Ww4nROQ=w387-h516" width="387" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735673489960901189.post-58993830765146489762021-11-05T04:46:00.002-07:002021-11-05T04:46:31.495-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXjJg-r8R8dNuDhmJKfH7m2jHjq8dvsUr0MKeZJq3LLa2y04T81nDMNdy58050tQ7LaPBRN7YkLSbP0qg6z9ceuaq3d6XnhgdOuTiG-vCPestCwSj5OKLF6KZ_6xEwbmKfTn8jNQwfDnoQ5UC-lbym7kG0XCDXoFF_WH7QgG0ZO5tRg8d1KINSVOQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="769" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXjJg-r8R8dNuDhmJKfH7m2jHjq8dvsUr0MKeZJq3LLa2y04T81nDMNdy58050tQ7LaPBRN7YkLSbP0qg6z9ceuaq3d6XnhgdOuTiG-vCPestCwSj5OKLF6KZ_6xEwbmKfTn8jNQwfDnoQ5UC-lbym7kG0XCDXoFF_WH7QgG0ZO5tRg8d1KINSVOQ=w578-h769" width="578" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Donna Galazkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037139544097930619noreply@blogger.com0