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Just listened to this... gives me a bit of hope.
youtu.be/oBvyxmgF_KU?...
youtu.be/oBvyxmgF_KU?...
Teddy Swims, Lewis Capaldi, and Jelly Roll— Heaven Hears Me Anyway | Official Music Video
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September 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just listened to this... gives me a bit of hope.
youtu.be/oBvyxmgF_KU?...
youtu.be/oBvyxmgF_KU?...
"Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.' -Maya Angelou
September 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.' -Maya Angelou
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” — Mark Twain
August 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” — Mark Twain
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Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.
April 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” — Soren Kierkegaard
March 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” — Soren Kierkegaard
“Courage is not limited to the battlefield ... The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody’s looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you’re misunderstood.” — Charles Swindoll
February 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Courage is not limited to the battlefield ... The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody’s looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you’re misunderstood.” — Charles Swindoll
“Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.” — C. JoyBell C.
January 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.” — C. JoyBell C.
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” — General George S. Patton
January 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” — General George S. Patton
If you're feeling overwhelmed, it's intentional. They're calling it "flooding the zone." The intent is to overwhelm and exhaust us so we can not effectively resist. Something simple you can do right now now is to make sure to take breaks and rest.
January 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Only be you strong, and very courageous, then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” — Joshua 1:7-8
January 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“Only be you strong, and very courageous, then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” — Joshua 1:7-8
“Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.” — Plautus
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.” — Plautus
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ― Lao Tzu
January 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ― Lao Tzu
I know all the folks in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something. That there's some good in the world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for. - Samwise Gamgee
January 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I know all the folks in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something. That there's some good in the world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for. - Samwise Gamgee
“The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” — R. G. Ingersoll
January 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” — R. G. Ingersoll
“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.” ― Shannon L. Alder
January 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.” ― Shannon L. Alder
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. - Martin Luther King
January 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. - Martin Luther King
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” — Marie Curie
January 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” — Marie Curie
"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right." -- Nelson Mandela
January 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right." -- Nelson Mandela
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
January 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Courage originally meant “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” ― Brené Brown
January 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“Courage originally meant “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” ― Brené Brown
“It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.” ― Abraham Lincoln
January 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.” ― Abraham Lincoln
January 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on — it is going on when you don’t have strength.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
January 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on — it is going on when you don’t have strength.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." - T. S. Eliot
January 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." - T. S. Eliot
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it. Erica Jong
January 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it. Erica Jong