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"It's not that nobody else can love you if you don't love yourself; it's that you'll never fully receive it until you understand how they could." - Shelly Gray.
"I'm not the kind of person that believes in just going with the flow.
"Too many people decide it was a good thing, after it's gone." - Shelly Gray.
"Strength and power are not masculine traits that need to be feminized." We [as women] don't have to try to earn respect; we must simply walk in it.
Reality has nothing to do with what is fact, but rather what you believe it to be..
cable knit sweater lover, guerrilla art maker, pink clothes wearer, chill music maker, fuzzy blanket connesuier, huge frame rocker, nude enamel wearer, good joke laugher, comic book reader, blog...
I want to meet the person I'm to love forever on a day when I don't have a stitch of makeup on and not a single item of fancy clothes. I want them to completely fall for me.
Love is universal. True love -the only kind- sees not color, race, or creed: only the synchronized beating of a single heart..
Be a dreamer. Just be a dreamer with a plan..
"There is no love like a kiss from a brother and no hurt like the scorn of a friend." - Shelly Gray.
Warm, quiet mornings. Beneath warm, fuzzy blankets. The house gently breathing. Cars humming by on the street below. Sunlight peering in the corners of the blinds. Geese singing. Tap dripping.
I'm glad you're happy. I really am, but you could've been happy with me. I'm in awe, at the way things went..
"Be everything you admire, and nothing you cannot respect." - Shelly Gray.
"Luck and superstition only exist for those who believe in them; but how many multi-millionaires do you know that credit their success to luck?" -Shelly Gray.
"Those moments you spend in the mirror, drying your face and staring at your reflection.
"No matter how high you think your opinion is of me, mine will always be higher. I will never disappoint myself, or undervalue myself even when you think I haven't lived up to your standards.
"Rejoice when you are underestimated; you have been given a golden opportunity to leave them all speechless." - Shelly Gray.
"When you go about pointing out all of your flaws it makes them sound un-natural and grotesque when it goes without saying that everyone else has flaws too." - Shelly Gray.
Really though, if you truly love someone, what would be your problem with waiting to have something a promise should have to earn?.
"He said I 'wasn't complex'. I think he wasn't quite astute enough to understand my complexity." - Shelly Gray.
"Let's grow together, but never grow old." - Shelly Gray.
"When we are resilient, we are thought to be strong. What do we become when we are broken?" - Shelly Gray.
I'm sorry means, "I truly understand the error of the thing I've done, I didn't mean to hurt you and in recognizing this error I will be careful to not hurt you ever again, especially in this way."...
As you would a vase made of pure crystal; examine your life. Notice the water marks, specks of dust, mildew and rust; analyze your criticisms, prejudice, assumptions and hatred.
#BARENAKEDFACES (please take a moment to read this and participate) - thank you. I started a hashtag almost a year ago called #barenakedfaces on instagram and I'd like to start it up again.
Being positive is a choice. Don't let anyone tell you different. See, your being in a wonderful situation or a terrible one are irrelevant to how you chose to feel.
"Minimalism is not a lack of complexity, rather, a beautification and translation of it." - Shelly Gray.
"Let no one steal from you your greatest weapon. Let no one take your hope. Let no one rob you of the power to dream." - Shelly Gray.
"Naivety is genius in bright colors." - Shelly Gray.
"You will plant roots, or grow wings." - Shelly Gray.
"Some ignite the fire, some simply fan the flame." - Shelly Gray.
We all want to be accepted. We all want to be forgiven. We all want to be loved; so why is it that so many have trouble accepting, forgiving...why do we have so much trouble loving?.
Combining intelligent-sounding words to form a sentence does not make your statement deep, clever or true..
I find people who confidently stand out in a society of conformity, far more impressive than people who confidently blend in..
There is no division in the equality of human beings except for the chasm between the hateful and the loving; therin; a great divide..
I've seen the future and I'll tell you; it gets better..
"Positive is the new negative." - Shelly Gray.
A sunset A wish A soft touch A kiss....
The words, "You are beautiful." were uttered far before the invention of makeup..
Just think: Somewhere on this planet, underneath the same sky, breathing the same air, walking the same ground, at this very moment is the love of your life.
Hypocrisy is a funny thing because even in thinking someone else is a hypocrite; you, yourself are too..
It's impossible to say that without putting on a British accent. I was confusing a lot of people with that today. Good laugh. Anyway, Happy Christmas all!.
You will never know how strong you are without a battle. You will never see how much you know without a test..
Trust those who are deserving, and distrust those who are not; but always trust yourself..
There is nothing you cannot accomplish. No goal you can't meet; no star you can't reach. You are infinite. You can do anything..
Patience is for those with a destination; boredom is for those who do not have one..
Your battle, is your battle. It is not insignificant because someone else is fighting a different one..
Challenge #2: Day 2: When's the last time you paid someone a compliment. Not a phony one to get out of a parking ticket or to get a date for last night...a genuine compliment. Can't remember.
There is a solitary difference between old men and young men; it has nothing to do with age. Young men still dream..
Challenge #1: Day 1: The other day, I realized that so many of the sounds happening around us we tune out to focus on other things.
I'd like you to participate in a 7 day challenge that will enrich your life. Ready. Set....
Life demands we let go. Sometimes, you will hit the pavement. Sometimes...you will fly..
Societal standards for beauty are crap.
All is still. Breathe in Calm The night is come Embrace The silence Embrace the dark.
"It takes far fewer muscles To smile than to frown Less strength to go up Than it takes to go down Less time to make up Than to pick a fight Trying to prove: Who is wrong. Who is right.
There is magic in having the choice to be what others expect of you, but choosing to be who you are..
Life is beautiful. Some say, "not all the time", but even in your darkest moments; you are being prepared for your greatest victories..
Every time I meet someone I have met a new member of my family. I am, after all, a member of the human family, the human race..
I turned my back to the setting sun my heels on pavement with a smoking gun..
When I feel pain, I hurt. I deeply hurt; but when i'm happy, I deeply feel joy. When i love, I deeply love. I may sink low when I am broken; but i rise high when i am up again.
We have got to stop teaching and going with "acceptance". Acceptance is not understanding.
Having "a type" is like wearing blinders.
You are only as beautiful as your capacity to love..
Nobody is "normal" but people with vanilla personalities bore me..