{"quotes":[{"text":"In these times where it has seemed dark indeedwhere integrity appears solely buried in legend and lore, it is an opportunity in contrast to the shadows, to create miracles...By choosing first courage, then diligence, standing, opening our mouth and speaking the truth that in rare moments, may ignite the light.","author":"Tom Althouse","tags":["alchemy","awakening","awareness","buddhism","change","consciousness","courage","create-your-life","create-your-reality","dont-give-up","enlightenment","evolution","growth","intelligence","not-giving-up","transformation","truth","wisdom"],"id":22735,"author_id":"Tom+Althouse"},{"text":"Time is an illusion, only the keepers of the illusion are real, and the reality they have spun, keeps us, until we set upon the path of the dream.","author":"Tom Althouse","tags":["acceptance","alchemy","awareness","blessing","buddhism","change","consciousness","courage","create-your-life","create-your-reality","dont-give-up","enlightenment","evolution","experience","freedom","growth","healthy-living","inspiration","intelligence","intention","letting-go","limitation","miracles","non-attachment","not-giving-up","reality","resistance","self-awareness","self-transformation","spiritual","subconscious-mind","suffering","teaching","transformation","truth","wisdom-awakening"],"id":45482,"author_id":"Tom+Althouse"},{"text":"She tells me about dreams. She says my dreams are helium and balloons, and I've made the mistake of letting go a few to many times, but I still got this one. Tied around my finger like a wedding ring because even though I don't believe in marriages, I'm gonna bring this one home.","author":"Shane L. Koyczan","tags":["dreams","inspirational","not-giving-up","poetry","strength"],"id":117201,"author_id":"Shane+L.+Koyczan"},{"text":"My goal is not to upset the apple cart, but to make it more accessible.","author":"Tom Althouse","tags":["alchemy","attachment","awareness","brilliance","buddhism","courage","dont-give-up","freedom","healthy-living","inspiration","letting-go","limitation","non-attachment","not-giving-up","resistance"],"id":122060,"author_id":"Tom+Althouse"},{"text":"There was this other apocalypse this one time. And, well, I took off. But this time, I don't... I don't know.' 'Well, what's different?' 'Well, I guess I was kinda new to being around humans before. And now I've seen a lot more, gotten to know people, seen what they're capable of and I guess I just realize how amazingly... Screwed up they all are. I mean, really, really screwed up in a monumental fashion.' 'Oh.' 'And they have no purpose that unites them, so they just drift around, blundering through life until they die. Which they-they know is coming, yet every single one of them is surprised when it happens to them. They're incapable of thinking about what they want beyond the moment. They kill each other, which is clearly insane, and yet, here's the thing. When it's something that really matters, they fight. I mean, they're lame morons for fighting. But they do. They never... They never quit. And so I guess I will keep fighting, too.","author":"Joss Whedon","tags":["buffy-the-vampire-slayer","human-insanity","humanity","humour","life","not-giving-up"],"id":145251,"author_id":"Joss+Whedon"},{"text":"To win or lose often depends on set parameters. Expand the bounds of what is possible, and you may come out the true winner, outside the confines of its defining.","author":"Tom Althouse","tags":["acceptance","alchemy","awareness","blessing","buddhism","change","consciousness","courage","create-your-life","create-your-reality","dont-give-up","enlightenment","evolution","experience","freedom","growth","healthy-living","inspiration","intelligence","intention","letting-go","limitation","miracles","non-attachment","not-giving-up","reality","resistance","self-awareness","self-transformation","spiritual","subconscious-mind","suffering","teaching","transformation","truth","wisdom-awakening"],"id":152513,"author_id":"Tom+Althouse"},{"text":"More and more obstacles seem to be other people's issues that form in the way of a hand to block one, to take notice of them? Sometimes noticing ahead of time, and taking the time to notice them, makes the hand part of an arm that embraces you. The obstacles become bridges for both to cross over, even if in opposite directions.","author":"Tom Althouse","tags":["acceptance","alchemy","awareness","blessing","buddhism","change","consciousness","courage","create-your-life","create-your-reality","dont-give-up","enlightenment","evolution","experience","freedom","growth","healthy-living","inspiration","intelligence","intention","karma","letting-go","limitation","love","miracles","non-attachment","not-giving-up","reality","resistance","self-awareness","self-transformation","spiritual","subconscious-mind","suffering","teaching","transformation","truth","wisdom-awakening"],"id":178947,"author_id":"Tom+Althouse"},{"text":"There is beauty all around us, and the light finds us when we realize, we are all part of that beauty and worth the cherishing. If we despise any, we journey to despise ourselves. See all as beautiful, even if they choose to see themselves through you, as being less than so. We have the power to see for each, and be the reflection of what they may yet see.","author":"Tom Althouse","tags":["alchemy","awakening","awareness","blessing","buddhism","change","consciousness","courage","create-your-life","create-your-reality","dont-give-up","enlightenment","evolution","experience","freedom","growth","healthy-living","inspiration","inspirational","intelligence","intention","karma","know-thyself","letting-go","limitation","love","meditation","mind","miracles","non-attachment","not-giving-up","poetry","power","power-of-thoughts","reality","resistance","self-acceptance","self-awareness","self-love","self-transformation","spiritual","subconscious-mind","suffering","surrender","teaching-acceptance","transformation","trust","truth","vulnerability-attachment","wisdom-brilliance"],"id":193754,"author_id":"Tom+Althouse"},{"text":"When you forget about the how, go back to the why.","author":"Charlotte Eriksson","tags":["art","artist","determination","dont-give-up","dreams","fighting","goals","inspiration","inspiring","keep-working","motivation","motivational","not-giving-up","persistence","simplicity","simplify","songwriter","the-glass-child"],"id":199805,"author_id":"Charlotte+Eriksson"},{"text":"Is it a weakness not being able to hate? Or is it preparation for what is inevitable, the ability only to love.","author":"Tom Althouse","tags":["acceptance","alchemy","awareness","blessing","buddhism","change","consciousness","courage","create-your-life","create-your-reality","dont-give-up","enlightenment","evolution","experience","freedom","growth","healthy-living","inspiration","intelligence","intention","letting-go","limitation","miracles","non-attachment","not-giving-up","reality","resistance","self-awareness","self-transformation","spiritual","subconscious-mind","suffering","teaching","transformation","truth","wisdom-awakening"],"id":213919,"author_id":"Tom+Althouse"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}