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I agree whole-heartedly with the Emerson quote in this blog. I started doing this years ago, and just as Erica observed in her own writing, I noticed a change in mine as well. Terrific post, Erica!!!”
My college roommate and I used to collect quotes for one another. We’d write inspirational words down on Post-its and keep files where we regularly stored our favorite messages that we’d stumbled across. We both agreed: words are powerful.
When someone expresses an observation that we identify with, a sense of validation and synchronicity arises within us. We’re reminded that we’re not alone, that someone, somewhere else in the world, has discovered the same truth that we’re living or perhaps arrived at a conclusion we needed to hear ourselves.
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I came across the quote above from a fellow quote-collector, journaler, and generally uplifting blogger, Gala Darling. In her “30 Days of Radical Self-Love Letters,” she talks about starting a…
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Fimnora Westcaw said:
I really like the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote! It’s a brilliant idea, since the inner journey is so personal. Excellent!
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calensariel said:
I have my own little quote journal. It’s called “Calensariel’s Book of Not So Celtic Wisdom.” Been collecting quotes in it for years. 🙂
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Fimnora Westcaw said:
In my early days online, I’d hear quotes places, and I’d put them on real sticky post-its and stick them on my big old clunky monitor. Now that I’ve moved on to flat screens/laptops, I can’t figure out where those post-its are, and can’t remember the quotes.
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calensariel said:
Hope you can find them!
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