"Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared."

-- Alice Walker

#Gratitude Quotes #Doors Quotes #Path Quotes

“Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey into an adventure is largely a matter of telling yourself the right story about it, which is one thing that Lewis's child characters have learned from reading, 'the right books.”
“Difficult times are pregnant with glory moments just waiting to be birthed in the lives of those willing to labor through the pain.”
“The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.”
“I am more likely to get paid for my art if it's presented alongside a white artist, so the questions around value and agency arise: What choices should I make, or do I have to make, if I want to be compensated for my work? Why isn't my art valued on its own?”
“No grief so soft, no pain so sweet, as love's delicious melancholy.”
“Football is a sad game.”
“The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.”
“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.”

Source : "The Fun’s in the Fight". www.motherjones.com. May/June 1993.

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