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    “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.”

    Yoda, Star Wars | Read Matt’s Blog on this quote ➜

    Will Smith Quote from Collateral Beauty on How We’re Here to Connect.

      “We’re here to connect. Love, time, death. Now these three things connect every single human being on earth. We long for love, we wish we had more time and we fear death.”

      Howard Inlet (Will Smith), Collateral Beauty

      Beyond the Quote (325/365)

      If I take a piece of paper and I draw a line down the center of it, you might say that it’s divided. You might say there is a left side and a right side. But, a simple line doesn’t change the fact that the sides are still part of the paper. They are not suddenly separate entities unto themselves—they are still a part of a whole. If I rip the paper down that line, you might say that the paper is now divided for sure. But, even if you were to rip the paper 1,000 times, each piece is still united in its essence—that it’s paper. From one perspective, division; from the other perspective, unity—even in the face of division.

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        “We’re not asking you to change the country. That’s already happened without any court’s permission. We’re asking you to protect the right of the country to change.”

        Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones), On The Basis Of Sex

        Yoda Quote on Facing Your Fears

          Yoda Quote on Facing Your Fears

          “Named must your fear be before banish it you can.”

          Yoda

          Beyond the Quote (123/365)

          Many times we don’t even realize that we’re living in fear. When we find our comforts, we get comfortable living with them. It’s instinctual. It’s natural. It’s how we’re wired and what we’re drawn to. We’re living in a sort-of primal state of constant pleasure seeking and pain avoidance. Why wouldn’t that be the case? Who actually would want to seek out fear? Confront fear? Work to overcome fear? It’s scary! It’s uncomfortable! There’s so much resistance! You’d have to have a really good reason to do any of that.

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          Poem from Jamesy Boy – A Young Man’s Resolve to Keep Moving Forward in Spite of Incredible Life Challenges

            Poem from Jamesy Boy

            In my mind, there’s a boy who exists in chains.

            Inside a cold, dark room of painful solitude is where he will remain.

            Behind these walls, the sorrow is inevitable, as relentless as the passage of time.

            Mentalities corrupt and dark, brainwashed, and hopelessly blind.

            Prisons are packed with crowded spaces, lifers and guards with hollow faces.

            Shackled hearts afraid of changes, and weakened wills become complacent.

            Yet, I maintain with patience, time can limit but not shatter my will, strength blazed across my chest as solid as penitentiary steel.

            But the silence speaks, it tells me all I need to hear, it confirms my beliefs and its promises I have to fear.

            It reminds me that without freedom, I’m alone.

            And these whitewashed walls don’t make up for blackened souls.

            I’ve given 95% of my boys a handshake than a pound, before they were either locked down or buried off in cemetery grounds.

            What I’ve done is who I am, but who I am is what I do now.

            I won’t let up or cease to fight.

            Just time, I plan on doing it right.

            And what’s right lies within me.

            I’m learning to appreciate my struggle for it would be hard to find the joy of accomplishment without it.

            We live and we learn.

            We rise and we fall.

            Like the heartbeat of a sleeping giant, with bittersweet dreams.

            Stay up, never down.

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            More:  Poems  //  Resources on Starting Fresh

            Watch:  Jamesy Boy [2014]

              “The way I like to measure greatness is… How many people can you make want to be better?” ~ Will Smith

                “I guess it comes down to a simple choice. Get busy living or get busy dying.” ~ Andy Dufresne (Shawshank Redemption)

                  “Its not how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” ~ Rocky Balboa