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Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

~ Brian Tracy

 

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The more you have, the more you're occupied; the less you have, the more free you are.

- Mother Teresa

 

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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
- Langston Hughes

 

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When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.

- Vietnamese saying

 

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It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

- William Dean Howells

 

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Our common humanity is more important than all the things that divide us.

- Mairead Corrigan

 

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Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

~ Harriet Tubman

 

The painting above is entitled “Reaching the Stars” by Lanre Adefioye.  You can find more of his artwork at http://www.lanrestudio.com/home.

 

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“The task of repentance grounds us in the work of serving our neighbors, not ourselves.”

- Debra Dean Murphy

 

In many Western Christian traditions, today is observed as Ash Wednesday.  It is the first day of Lent and occurs forty days before Easter.  Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of repentance.  For more information, consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday

 

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He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. 

~Albert Einstein

 

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People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

~ Unknown

 

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When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest.

~ Antonio Porchia

 

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The sun is but a morning star.

~ Henry David Thoreau

 

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“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.”

~ Leo Aikma

 

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Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet.

- Sadie Delany

 

Painting entitled Ceremony by George Thiaru (http://www.insideafricanart.com/artists%20main%20pages/Thiaru.htm)

 

We are continuing a week of Light Moments featuring quotes and pictures from African Americans and others from the African diaspora as part of Black History Month.  For more information, please consider:

http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month

 

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“Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.”

- Carol Moseley-Braun

 

Painting entitled The Colorful Lady by Alex Mbugua (http://www.insideafricanart.com/artists%20main%20pages/Alex%20Mbugua.htm)

 

Please accept my apologies for the unexpected hiatus of Light Moment emails due to illness.  We will now continue a week of Light Moments featuring quotes and pictures from African Americans and others from the African diaspora as part of Black History Month.  For more information, please consider:

http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month

 

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The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.

- Marian Wright Edelman

 

Photo entitled Nurture by Lee Landry: http://www.caaap.org/awakening/awakening.html

 

We are continuing a week of Light Moments featuring quotes and pictures from African Americans and others from the African diaspora as part of Black History Month.  For more information, please consider:

http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month

 

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“Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you, and when you have peace of mind.”

- Quincy Jones

 

Painting entitled Standing in the Darkness by Ash Uman (http://www.insideafricanart.com/artists%20main%20pages/ash_uman.htm)

 

We are continuing a week of Light Moments featuring quotes and pictures from African Americans and others from the African diaspora as part of Black History Month.  For more information, please consider:

http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month

 

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"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."

 -Booker T. Washington

 

Painting entitled Heading From the Market by Alex Mbugua (http://www.insideafricanart.com/artists%20main%20pages/Alex%20Mbugua.htm)

 

We are continuing a week of Light Moments featuring quotes and pictures from African Americans and others from the African diaspora as part of Black History Month.  For more information, please consider:

http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month

 

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“The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us--that's where it's at.”

-Jesse Owens

 

Painting entitled Ebbing Day by Bernard Ndichu Njuguna (http://www.insideafricanart.com/artists%20main%20pages/Njuguna.htm)

 

We are continuing a week of Light Moments featuring quotes and pictures from African Americans and others from the African diaspora as part of Black History Month.  For more information, please consider:

http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month

 

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Painting entitled The Three Women of America by Elizabeth Catlett (http://elizabethcatlett.net/catalog.html)

 

February is Black History Month.  Today will begin a week of Light Moments featuring quotes and pictures from African Americans and others from the African diaspora.  For more information, please consider:

http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month

 

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Gratitude is the best attitude.

~ Unknown

 

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I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own Being.

- Hafiz

 

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“Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.”

- Douglas MacArthur

 

Pictured above is Fauja Singh, the world’s oldest marathon runner. He is 100.