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Sunday Inspiration: Food, Cheer, and Song

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
—J. R. R. Tolkien

Sunday Inspiration: Protest

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
—Elie Wiesel

Sunday Inspiration: Powerful

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
—Audre Lorde

Sunday Inspiration: Boldly Disappoint

Boldly disappoint those who ask you to be anything other than who you truly are.
—Mark Sandlin

Sunday Inspiration: Thoughts

Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint.
—Saint Paisios the Athonite

Sunday Inspiration: Progress

If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.
—C. S. Lewis

Sunday Inspiration: Being Kind

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
—Eric Hoffer

Sunday Inspiration: Give Light

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
—Desiderius Erasmus

Sunday Inspiration: Grief and Gratitude

Somewhere near the intersection of Grief and Gratitude is a scenic overlook where you can glance back over the terrain you have already traveled, then catch a glimpse of the journey still to come and look forward to the trip.
—Barry Howard

Sunday Inspiration: What We Believe

The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
—Bob Goff