I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naïve - because art takes us and makes us take a journey beyond price, beyond cost, into bearing witness to the world as it is and as it should be. Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.

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I have spent a fortune travelling to distant shores and looked at lofty mountains and boundless oceans, and yet I haven’t found time to take a few steps from my house to look at a single dewdrop on a single blade of grass.

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The tests we face in life's journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner strengths. We can only know how strong we are when we strive and thrive beyond the challenges we face. - Kemi Sogunle

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Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.

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Excellence/Perfection is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.

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A single leaf working alone provides no shade. – Chuck Page

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What really matters are the lives you touch along the way and how you finish your journey.

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Stay positive but stay focused. Sometimes things can distract you and you don't want to be distracted on the journey to that mountain top. ― DJ Khaled

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Forgiveness - this needs to be our greatest skill. The way to get good at forgiveness is: to be thankful for all the little things you see in the other person. — Tony Robbins

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You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in childhood. However, as an adult, you are one hundred percent responsible for fixing it.

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