I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

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I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

Photo by Frank Estalone VFx, Pixabay
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

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BRAVEYou can be amazing.
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug.
You can be the outcast,
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love,
Or you can start speaking up.Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
And they settle ‘neath your skin.
Kept on the inside and no sunlight,
Sometimes a shadow wins.
But I wonder what would happen if youSay what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be braveWith what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be braveI just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be braveI just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be braveEverybody’s been there, everybody’s been stared down
By the enemy,
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing.
Bow down to the mighty.Don’t run, stop holding your tongue.
Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live.
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in.
Show me how big your brave is.Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be braveWith what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be braveInnocence, your history of silence
Won’t do you any good.
Did you think it would?Let your words be anything but empty.
Why don’t you tell them the truth?Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be braveWith what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be braveI just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be braveI just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be braveI just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see youI just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see youSongwriters: Jack Antonoff / Sara BareillesBrave lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

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serving and connecting
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I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

Photo by Free-Photos, Pixabay
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

Photo “Alpine Meadow” by Bess Hamiti, Pixabay
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

Photo by Dariusz Sankowski, Pixabay
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

Photo by 59Hertz, Pixabay
Special thanks to BlissForgive on Kindspring.org for sharing this quote in a story a few days ago. “The So-Called Black Sheep.”
If you know any homeless artists who would like their poems, photos or art featured on under1000skies, on our social media accounts and through our email list, please pass on our information. Thank you!
We’re also always gratefully accepting photos, art, poems or quotes or any Gems anyone might want to share. Special thanks today and always to everyone who has shared these so generously over the years since we began.
Have a great weekend.
♡. under1000skies
☼ A “Giftivism” Initiative ☼
We are photographers,
writers, artists & advocates
serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

Photo “Volcanoes” by Natalia Kollegova, Pixabay
Special thanks to Rajni for contributing today’s quote. I wanted to authenticate this attribution and learned it has been contested. While in Hawaii in 1963, Covey found this written in a book. He never could find the source and even tried going back to the library years later but the book (and the library) were long gone. The story about Covey’s search is here on Quote Investigator – great site!
Covey is a very quotable source. He went on to add to this great advice with more:
“I am not the product of my circumstances. I am the product of my choices.”
I always thought it would be handy to have a flashing neon sign in that space between stimulus (especially conflict) and response, maybe something like:
THINK, THEN SPEAK!
or
LISTEN, THEN REACT!
or
CHOOSE LOVE, NOT FEAR!
What would be on the neon sign in your space between stimulus and response?
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

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