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Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? 📚#bookreader ☕ #coffee addict #mentalhealth advocate

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Joined March 2014
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Christmas card: From Santa, Christmas Puppy, c. 1900. Image and Copyright: Public Domain, L. Prang & Co. Picture Collection, from The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, & Photographs, via New York Public Library @nypl; enhanced @byrawpixel #Christmas #Dogs
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"The Pandemic is causing people to accelerate extremely significant decisions. Decisions where there is no "do-over". Decisions that will dramatically alter the course of their lives." Read more: The War on Civility ow.ly/Q07R50GBWUu #LifeLessons #decisions #pandemic
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“Friday is a day to finish your goals for the week. It is a day to celebrate that which you set out to accomplish at the beginning of the week.” -Byron Pulsifer #quote #Coffee helps ☕✚
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Melissa Flickinger retweeted
Pooh was so proud of discovering the North Pole that he asked Christopher Robin if there were any other Poles such as a Bear might discover. “There’s a South Pole, and I expect there’s an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don’t like talking about them.” ~A.A.Milne
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This is a profound quote. #quotes #inspirational #faith @TomGreeneWriter
“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different ...” - C.S. Lewis
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Adding my voice to ⁊@twuc⁩ #CreatorsCallingOnOttawa campaign. Abjectly unfair that the educational sector does not pay writers to use their work. ⁊@JustinTrudeau⁩ ⁊@pablorodriguez⁩ ⁊@FP_Champagne⁩ need to fix the Copyright Act. #cdnpoli #iValueCdnStories
“This is not a men vs. women issue: It’s about people vs. prejudice.” — @laurabates #Women #Feminism
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“There is something truer and more real, than what we can see with the eyes, and touch with the finger.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rappaccini's Daughter #Quotes #Hawthorne
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How to Tell if Your Partner is a #Narcissistic Parent and Protect Your Child buff.ly/3CAvqnS | @FatherlyHQ One common attribute is that they will be unable to separate their own self-worth from their child’s achievements, according to @lauriehollmanph #Parenting
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Melissa Flickinger retweeted
5 Top Tips For Writing Memoir That Work For Any Writer | @RachelintheOC via @startitup_ on @Medium buff.ly/2UxH4im Struggling with how to tell your story? Here are 5 rules I worked with to develop my own voice. And why. #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs #Memoir #Survivors
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For my 10th birthday, I wanted a desk, a big bunch of paper, pencils, & a pencil sharpener: I wanted to be a writer! Spaces Storyhour with Special Guest & Author Rachel Thompson @RachelintheOC via @socialaudioguy buff.ly/2YX0HCf #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
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Writers, are you struggling right now? Every writer wants massive success. How did they get there? Let’s get you a plan! 5 Ways Managing Your Expectations Helps Your Confidence | @RachelintheOC / @BadRedheadMedia via @BttrHumans on @Medium buff.ly/2XKMlF7 #MondayBlogs
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Q: On this day in history: What is the first medical school for women that opens, and in 1874 merges with Boston University to become one of the world’s first co-ed medical schools? A: The New England Female Medical School, November 1, 1848 #OTDIH #women #historic
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The 4 Best Magical Realism Books of Gabriel García Márquez @upjourneycom | buff.ly/3mz0VZO Marquez’s mastery of this world of fiction is inspiring and dramatic while appreciated by reviewers as both dense and complex, bizarre and unusual. #MondayBlogs #MagicalRealism
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Girls in Fields ow.ly/RuWj50GCqPv Should we tell how? Goes without saying she was raped. How close should we zoom in? What little details blur? What others tell? #MondayBlogs #SexualAssault #Murder
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L’Amour Fou ow.ly/wtI350GCrfZ I promised never to do anything like that again. Which was a lie. #MondayBlogs
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I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps. ow.ly/JyhY50GChSO I watch like a kid’s face pressed against the candy store window as life returns to normal in the US – in particular, in #NewYork and #California, two of my favorite places. #MondayBlogs #travel
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The Happiness Laboratory ow.ly/cPuR50GBXh1 Stop chasing the things that we think will bring us happiness. And, start chasing the things that are scientifically proven to bring us happiness. #MondayBlogs #Happiness #LifeLessons
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Facing Intrusive Thoughts Head On by @WTamisRobbins buff.ly/3xFNJFo Anxiety is sneaky and cruel. It doesn’t care what age you are, what you’ve endured or achieved in your life or what dreams it may be shattering. It is a chameleon, a thief in the night. #Anxiety
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If someone merely suggests they are not OK, ask them where they go inside, ask them what they are feeling, ask them what they fear. Ask them every damn day because before you know it, they could slip away. #mentalhealthmatters #suicideprevention #anxietydisorder
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