Deandra

embracing life’s beautiful chaos

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All directions are leading 🤍

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Most people do not have time to be tired.

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“
eight simple rules:
1. listen and hear
2. speak and mean
3. eat and taste
4. please care
5. give and ask for
6. passion and patience
7. live and love
8. laugh
“

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do you know who you are talking to?

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“the older you get the more you get it together”

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“what you are, unfortunately, is what it is” 🙃

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“Nonsense makes sense”

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“You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.” -The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008

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“Our lives are defined by opportunities; even the ones we miss.” -The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008

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“Time’s come. Time’s gone. Time’s never returning. What’s here in front of me is all i’ve got.” -The Moor, on Birthday Stories

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“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”

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Be a good listener and insightful friend. Be frivolous and goofy when with a larger group, but be ponderous and intense when you’re on your own. -Becoming, Michelle Obama

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“When things were bad, she gave us only a small amount of pity. When we’d done something great, we received just enough praise to know she was happy with us, but never so much that it became the reason WE DID WHAT WE DID.” -Becoming, Michelle Obama

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Have a purpose to help people feel cared. Do our best to be useful, to be the rock for others, giving emotional and intelectual guidance and support, and always there to listen.

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“You control what you can.” -Becoming, Michelle Obama

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“My parents talked to us like we were adults. They didn’t lecture, but rather indulged every question we asked, no matter how juvenile.” -Becoming, Michelle Obama

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“reinforcing the possibility, that most people were good people if you just treated them well.” -Becoming, Michelle Obama

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“There was magic in the learning. I got a buzzy sort of satisfaction from it!” -Becoming, Michelle Obama

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“Everyone on earth was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance.” -Becoming, Michelle Obama

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“My family is my world, the center of everything.” -Becoming, Michelle Obama