February 2012
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We should all start a 365 (366 because of the leap year) project, leaving a nice/thoughtful/hopeful/encouraging message in a different person’s ask box every day for a year. How does that sound?
January 2012
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We’ve finally reached post #1,000!! Thank you for sticking with us! You are all fantastic and beautiful people, and the world seems oh so much lovelier with all of you in it :) Have a good night or day, wherever you are!
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For her, every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next, it’s...
– Paulo Coelho
Want to listen to all of our inspirational tracks? →
Click here to go to the Awaken Our World trntbl and get a playlist of all the inspirational and motivational songs we’ve posted over the months.
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Gandhi's top 10
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1. Change “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” “As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.”
2. Control. “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” 3. Forgiveness “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” “An...
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We're blacking out for SOPA/PIPA. Will you join...
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Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I...
– Mahatma Gandhi (via theatombomb)
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Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to...
– Lucille Ball
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We Recommend: Life in a Day
On July 24, 2010, thousands of people across the world joined together to record both the banal and remarkable events that took place in their lives that day. The result was this incredible documentary — sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, and everything in between. Over 4,500 hours of footage were condensed to create this 95 minute glimpse into how one day was spent all over the...
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Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and...
– Tennessee Williams
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Live With Purpose — A How-to Guide
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Your purpose. Start by taking 10 minutes out of your life to find some quiet space, and to close your eyes, and to think. Ask yourself: How do I want to be remembered? What do I want people to say about me at my funeral? Think about that for 10 minutes, then write down your answers. There may be a few different things, or 10, or just one.
Write it down. Put your purpose...
December 2011
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Here is the world in front of you. You have only to reach for it.
– Libba Bray
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It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each...
– John Green
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postscripting:
Liberty in North Korea is one of my favorite nonprofits. This is a beautiful moment and puts all the hard work some of my friends have put into the organization into perspective. Learn more here.
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How To Make the World Brighter:
Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you aren’t good enough. Including yourself.
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I think everyone is a little bit broken, okay? Everyone has at least a little...
– My sociology professor
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November 2011
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Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering...
– Tao Te Ching
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Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very...
– V For Vendetta (2006)
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Dear Followers,
We apologize for the insufficient amount of posts over the last few weeks. We have been incredibly busy with classes and work and life, in general. We will do the best we can to post a couple things here and there over the next few weeks, but our schedules are ridiculously busy for the foreseeable future.
In the meantime, feel free to look through our old posts! They’re...
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Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.
– Sir Thomas Browne
Go set the world on fire.
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How to Make the World Brighter:
Have you had an amazing experience in your life that you’d like others to have as well? Go to a local primary school, especially if there’s one in an underprivileged community, tell them about your experience and let them know you’ll help them in any way you can. It may be the inspiration they need to follow their dreams.
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So now, as in the past, we prisoners of hope in desperate times must try to...
– Cornel West
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I try to live life so that I can live with myself.
– John Green
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October 2011
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To live is to wrestle with despair yet never to allow despair to have the last...
– Cornel West
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I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty....
– Mahatma Gandhi