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Gratitude โค๏ธ

Beautiful! An attitude of gratitude each day is the way to go! โค Even if we don't always feel the gratitude, we can still list things we know are good, either list in writing or just in our heads. โค ๐Ÿ˜€ This is very uplifting!

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Thank you for my life

Thank you for my body and health

Thank you for my beautiful family

Thank you for my beautiful dog and two cats

Thank you for my home

Thank you for giving me the determination to start university

Thank you for showing me the light within me

Thank you for this beautiful earth

Thank you for giving me strength and hope

Thank you for the food I have to nourish my body

Thank you for freeing me from my mind

I am soooo happy right now!! โค๏ธ life is a beautiful beautiful thing โค๏ธ

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Quote I saw today!

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“It’s not the appearance, it’s the essence.
It’s not the money, it’s the education.ย 
It’s not the clothes, it’s the class.”

It’s true, what matters most isn’t what we appear to be but what we are. And education doesn’t have to be formal education, school, classrooms…it can be life lessons learned, wisdom.
And the kind of clothes don’t matter; it’s personality, inner beauty. Like the first part of the quote says, it’s not the appearance but the essence.

I hope you are having a lovely day/night! โค

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Much love,

xoxo Kim

Random inspiration

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This would have been a prettier picture if my earphone cord wasn’t in the way!

Here are some recent photos I took and some inspiring quotes!

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“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” ~ William Morris

This is a great idea! One I really need to put into practice! My room has all kinds of useless and not all beautiful stuff.ย 

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This is me on a bus Tuesday. The reason I took this pic is the floors on the busses are wonderfully sparkly!

So lovely!

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“A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.”

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“I know who I am. I am not perfect. I’m not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I’m one of them. ” ~Mary J. Blige

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“Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that’s beautiful.”

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“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”

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A lot of these are the same pic but with different effects. I took them on Tuesday. ๐Ÿ˜€

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“Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when you’re most beautiful.”

I disagree. While I agree that self love and self confidence are beautiful and inspiring, I think loving others is even more beautiful. I disagree that we can’t love others until we first love our own selves. Someone else and me are two separate someones, I can love one of us and not the other. There are lots of people with low self esteem who love others deeply. Both self love and love for others are great and I have a good amount of both! โคย 

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“Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.”

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This is my baby, Woody! I love his adorable freckles that appear in the Spring! โค

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ย “My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”

Aww! โค I have one of the best mamas too! A beautiful mom is a blessing to the world!ย 

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My fur goddess, Isis Summerjo! โค

"The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence."

In my opinion, the most beautiful thing we can wear is compassion! ย 

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Adorable baby snail! โค ๐Ÿ˜€
s/he was just born and already eats (carrots & cucumbers) and walks all around! โค ๐Ÿ˜€ Cutest thing ever! They are clear/translucent when they are newborns.

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This is not a book I have; it’s just an advertisement that came up on my Kindle’s home screen. It’s an interesting title, like a reverse of the old cliche “Time heals all wounds.”

This is another book I haven’t read but I like the cover and name.ย 

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And another!ย 

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I hope you are having a beautiful day or night!

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Much love,

xoxo Kim

Keep Rising <3

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“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”

Found this gem in my fortune cookie today! Very inspiring & empowering! I’m not usually inspired by the fortunes in fortune cookies; they are usually just dumb. lol But this one is fantastic!

It’s true, it’s ok to fall, have setbacks and relapses, breakdowns, collapse….as long as we get back up! Over & over again!

I hope you are having a great day or night!

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Much love,

xoxo Kim

Good Morning/Night <3

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“There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog.”

This is my sweet girl, Boobie! She’s an old girl. And a lil mommy of boy/girl twins!

She is very cuddly. She usually loves to sleep on my mom. This morning she slept on my pillow with me. โค

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I hope you are having a beautiful day or night wherever you are! โค

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xoxo Kim

STOP WAITING: TOMORROW IS PROMISED TO NO ONE

I love this! It’s so true and so inspiring! It seems as if many/most of us *know* we aren’t guaranteed tomorrow but we don’t let it sink in, we don’t truly realize it. And this seems true for us no matter what our age is, old or young, we have this delusion of immortality/forever. We feel as if our own selves and everyone we know are going to just always be here. But it’s really not true and it can be viewed in a grim or negative way but it can also be viewed with acceptance and we can see it as just reality and even be inspired by it.ย 
Sometimes it’s horrible “wakeup calls” that remind us of this fact of life, like someone we know dying or someone almost dying or a brief brush with death or health scare.ย 
But we don’t need these serious things to remind us, we can just remind ourselves each day even when nothing life threatening happens.ย 
It’s always great to have reminders like this! Thank you!! โค ๐Ÿ˜€