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We don't accomplish anything in this life
alone...and whatever happens
is the result of the whole tapestry of
one's life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to
another that creates something.
Sandra Day O'Connor
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The tapestry of life continues to be woven.
Occasionally a chance arises
to repair an older, tattered piece of
the weave. Something happens to jolt
our awareness back in time to
an event that resulted in tears and rips. With new, more mature
vision, we see the circumstances in present time and have compassion
for the unclear events of the past. While the new
experience is
being woven into the design, the old rip
is simultaneously being
repaired. All is well.
Bessie Senette
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As
I look back at the entire tapestry of my life, I can see from the
perspective
of the present moment that every aspect of my life was
necessary and perfect. Each step eventually led to a higher place,
even though these steps often felt
like obstacles or painful
experiences.
Wayne
Dyer
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We all
should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry,
and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry
are equal in value no matter what their color.
Maya
Angelou
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The
African-American experience is one of the most important
threads in the American tapestry.
Bill Frist
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Nature uses only the longest threads to weave
her patterns,
so that each small piece of her fabric reveals
the
organization of the entire tapestry.
Richard P. Feynman
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The
mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors
are
distilled
from the experiences of the senses, and the
design drawn
from the convolutions of the intellect.
Carson McCullers
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On a clear day we can
see forever and ever. We
know
where we came
from and why we are here
on earth and
where we
ultimately are going. The
threads woven into
the
fabric of our lives
are
beginning to create
a beautiful tapestry.
Marilyn S.
Bateman
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The Tapestry
Debbie Milam
When we embrace the many
parts of our experience we discover a magnificent
creation. . . . Every
moment is but a thread, a thread of consciousness embracing
the very
essence of life. Some threads are brilliant and dazzling while
others are
tattered and torn. When looked upon in isolation the
tattered threads look
inferior. Yet when woven together by the
wondrous hands of the Creator,
the light magically blends with the
dark. As joy coalesces with pain,
God creates the magnificent
tapestry that is life.
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Life
is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Kiss of the Night
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Destiny
itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread
is guided by an unspeakably tender hand, placed beside another
thread and held and carried by a hundred others.
Rainer
Maria Rilke
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I
know what Brenda Day taught me was passion, patience and
understanding. She treated everybody with the same interest
and
respect. Everybody's story is important in this
huge tapestry we are weaving.
Sarah VanLanduyt |
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We are one
people forever woven together in a tapestry, . . . And
it is our job, our duty and our great challenge to fight the
voices of division, and to seek the salve of reconciliation.
Roy Barnes |
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As we weave the tapestries of our lives, we gradually
begin to see our designs from a wider angle of years. We may or may
not be pleased with what we see. Yet, no design--not in the living
world--is carved in stone. We have the gift of free will to change
our designs as we wish. We are each a thread in the tapestry of our
human family. Our outcome is woven of endless possibilities, because
we can choose from a universe of endless possibilities. Every person
can make a difference. Each thread is a possibility, chosen by the
design of divine imagination. Our life-time designs arise from our
divine gifts, unique talents, desires, thoughts, choices, and
actions. At times, old choices--old threads--wear out. We see the
past while we live in the present, and we can replace the old...with
new ideas, new choices, and new actions. We can view the future
through today's eyes, and time blends all experiences, dark and
light, into an awareness of authentic joy. May you live joyfully and
abundantly today and throughout every season of life!
Steve Brunkhorst |
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My
life is but a weaving
Between my God and me.
I cannot choose the colors
He weaveth steadily.
Oft’ times He weaveth sorrow;
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I the underside.
Not ’til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas
And reveal the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the weaver’s skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned
He knows, He loves, He cares;
Nothing this truth can dim.
He gives the very best to those
Who leave the choice to Him.
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Life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents
or coincidences,
but rather, it's a tapestry of events that culminate in an exquisite
sublime plan.
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Each
of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and
pleasure. Every individual is like a thread in a beautiful
tapestry
with a vital contribution to make, not only to the sustenance of
life as we know it, but in the creation and development of more
beneficial expressions of life.
John Marks
Templeton
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My life has
been a tapestry of rich and royal hue
An everlasting vision of the ever-changing view
A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold
A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold.
Carole King
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It was as if I
had worked for years on the wrong side of a tapestry, learning
accurately all its lines and figures, yet always missing its color
and sheen.
Anna Louise Strong |
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