We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own and other's people's models, learn to be ourselves and allow our natural channel to open.

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Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen. — Brené Brown.

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If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you. ― Les Brown

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. - Voltaire

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Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. – Marianne Williamson

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Press on – nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge

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We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don't even matter, while all that time we waste and the people who do love us have to stand on the sidewalk and watch us beg in the streets! It's time to put an end to this. It's time for us to let ourselves be loved. ― C. JoyBell C.

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In the years to come, what matters most is that we see ourselves in one another's struggles. p 120 ― Kamala Harris

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Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. - Colin Powell

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There are times in our lives when we have to realize our past is precisely what it is, and we cannot change it. But we can change the story we tell ourselves about it, and by doing that, we can change the future. ― Eleanor Brown

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