When the Lord was choosing man from man,
To curse their kind and seal each clan,
The darkest soul, the one He stripped,
Was surely mine—so cursed, so whipped.
Upon the soil where joy finds birth,
I stood alone, denied all mirth.
-Nitesh Sharma

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"In the end we must see how much we gave, how many we forgave, and how gently we healed. For these are the measures of a life well-lived—the quiet echoes of compassion that outlast time itself."
-Anonymous

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Someone is still telling jokes they learned from you
Someone is still using the phrases and words you used
Someone is still listening to the music you showed them
Someone still smiles when they remember a moment with you
Someone is still encouraged by the advice you gave them
Someone admires you from afar and is inspired by you
Someone learned how to love and care from you

These someone go about their lives, may be without realizing how much of you they’ve kept with them. It’s there and how they handle things differently in small choices they make of in the way they see things a bit clearer. You might just be a memory on the surface but underneath there is more. You have become part of who they are shaping them in ways that might seem small but matter deeply and while they may not say it, they are grateful to it. You made a mark that lasts.

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With a book in hand and dreams untamed
He leaves the city behind
Seeking not a place – but a feeling
Something only the open road can find.

- Whispers of the Road

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There are two kind of tales: one true and the other false.
- Plato

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“Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, the third is useless.”
Niccolò Machiavelli

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"The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on."
- Carl Sandburg

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"Words have incredible power. They can make people's hearts soar, or they can make people's hearts sore."
- Mardy Grothe

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"Sometimes, being tired is a bliss. This tiredness is quite unlike from generic tiredness. If the piece of work, you are mad at and tired of, gets accomplished, you feel that being tired is a bliss. It's all owing to that tiredness unfolds a satisfaction, that makes you delighted internally."
Nitesh Sharma

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"Everyone you meet knows something you don't know but need to know. Learn from them."
-Carl Jung

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