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I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child. Now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefintely.

—Mary Pickford

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I asked God if it was okay
to be melodramatic
and she said yes

—Kaylin Haught

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The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

—Albert Einstein

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You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

—Mary Oliver

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When someone tells me no, it doesn’t mean I can’t do it. It simply means I can’t do it with them.

—Karen E. Quinones Miller

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Listen to the Mustn'ts, child
listen to the Don'ts
Listen to the Shouldn'ts
the Impossibles, the Won'ts
Listen to the Never Haves
then listen close to me
Anything can happen, child
Anything can be

—Shel Silverstein

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Ever make mistakes in life?
Let’s make them birds.
Yeah, they’re birds now.

―Bob Ross

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Out beyond ideas
of wrongdoing and rightdoing
there is a field.
I'll meet you there.

—Jalal al-Din Rumi

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And you and me
are free to be
you and me

—Marlo Thomas & Friends

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I dwell in possibility.

—Emily Dickinson

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Some days
one needs to hide
from possibility.

—Braided Creek

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You can make
what you want,
do what you wish.

―Joyce Sutphen

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Poem: Listen to the Mustn'ts

Poem: God Says Yes to Me

Poem: Origami

Poem: Allow

Poem: It Is Enough to Enter

Poem: The Journey

Inner Advisor practice

The words we long to hear

Use your nondominant hand

Found poem & found poetry

Found object

Poetry Everywhere

Bongo’s dream house

Wreck this journal

Burn after writing

Bob Ross

e e cummings

On self-compassion

On mistakes & failure

It’s alright to cry

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What do you need to give yourself permission to do, think, feel, believe?

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