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Wanted to post this cool quote sent to me by Sam:
Embrace this right now life……take your bites with bravery and boldness since the learning and the growing are here in these times, these exact right nows. Capture these times. Hold and kiss them because it will soon be very different.
Jill Scott
In her email Sam wrote, "Oddly enough, I found this quote on my Starbucks coffee the day I was dropping my youngest to school for the first time. I was feeling really lost walking away and kind of directionless....so used to having to do something for my kids at all times, having someone with me, on my leg, in my arms, talking a mile a minute etc. I went to get a coffee, and there it was.....can't say that was the first time I was inspired by coffee! I feel much better about changing my direction since my out-of-coffee experience. I did a page about it, which also helped me focus."
Gotta love the way inspiration comes in so many different forms. And gotta love the process. A good reminder to me when I get a little nutty about my life and work and family and on and on.
Thanks so much Sam :)
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That quote couldn't have come at a better time for me! Down in the dumps, trying to shake this dull feeling. This sudden financial stress is definately teaching us....
Just wanted to say thanks!
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Oh, I love Jill Scott. And I've seen those cool quotes at Starbucks... they have a bunch of them. Always great to be reminded not to wish away the right nows. : )
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Jill Scott is such a beautiful, amazing woman. She LIVES! I love her music and words.. and this quote really hits the right spot.
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Thank you for sharing what Sam passed on...I'm feeling much like she is (DD starts Kindergarten in 2 weeks) and this rang very true for me today.
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Thank you for sharing this quote with us Ali (and Sam for sharing with her)......needed to hear that!
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Awesome quote! SO important to remember!!!
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I love this quote. The morning I found it on my coffee I felt so inspired. I shared it with all my work friends. Then I saved the cup it came on... it's been sitting on my desk at home for a couple weeks now. Then last night I finally came up with a page to use it on. What a coincidence. Thanks for sharing this with us, these are definitely words to live by.
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that my friend is an awesome quote!
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I love this quote. I need to apply this to many more moments in my life. Looks like you did take one of those opportunities with Simon - good for you : )
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Thanks for sharing this, something I totally needed today.
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So True!! My little one starts Kindergarten next Wednesday. We have been "counting sleeps" for ages now *grin* It's hard not to get caught up in routine and forget to cherish the little moments that bring so much joy. Thanks for the reminder (and pass the thanks on to your friend for sharing as well).
Have a great day!!!
Rhoda
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I am going to be in the Netherlands at the same time in November on my honeymoon, I would love to go to one of your classes. Could you please give me some information on it!!! You are just fabulous, a true inspiration as a mother, friend, and artist!
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Thanks Ali AND Sam for sharing that fabulous quote!! Another Mom with a baby heading off to Kindergarten in a few days, and having a hard time coming to terms . . . That's a good reminder, for sure!!
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Hey Ali-I love jill scott...you have to get her CD
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Wonderful quote! Thanks for sharing! Funny how it relates to all of us. My babies are grown and new parents of their own sweeties. I am trying to embrace everyday with these little ones. I love my life. I miss when my sweet ones went off to school. I cried the day I left them at kindergarten. And...I remember it like it was yesterday. I cried when they left for college too. What would be my purpose in life?? Who would need me? I was thrilled to do their laundry when they came home for a visit. Life comes full circle. They live 5 minutes away from them now and they have a house full of babies (3 under the age of 2 including twins) and they NEED me!! I am in heaven every day. I cherish every day.
"Capture these times. Hold and kiss them because it will soon be very different."
I have learned this and try to remember it everyday. Thanks for the quote.
maureen
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I just took my one and only child to college this week. Thanks for the encouraging and enlightening quote, Ali. And thank you, Maureen W., for your words. It helps to hear that others have had the very same thought--"what will be my purpose?".
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Such a superb quote! Makes me want to do something creative with it and frame it for the house. Glad to read you had a wonderful time at the crop and what a super cool idea for your shirt :)
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you're right...inspiration comes from some bizarre places sometimes. interestingly enough, i just posted on my blog today about an inspirational candle...oddly shaped candle, to be sure...but inspired none-the-less.
here's to good coffee!
g
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finally - Wonderful Graffiti here I come:) I might just use the last sentence - it's going on some wall in this house. Probably upstairs hallway:) Thanks A.
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Love that quote, Ali! Thanks for sharing it. Makes me think of how I feel about my own life right now. I'm in a good spot at the moment, embracing my life as it is. Looking back on all the events that have shaped me into who I am and finally understanding that I am the person I am today because of it. I like the me of right now, she is a pretty cool gal. Took me awhile to come to terms with that, but the journey has been well worth it. I'm going to use this quote on a page very soon...thanks again for sharing. You just never know where inspiration will come from!
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