Don't just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. The value of an education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.
big wonders!! tiny wonders!! the world is a marvellous place!!
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Hard work and dedication are amazing tools but mindset MUST come first. Once you set your mind to something you want you can become nearly unstoppable. We get in our own way constantly with our self doubts and insecurities. Second guessing, giving up, succumbing to failure. BUT if you use those hurdles to strengthen your resolve and learn and grow amazing things can happen. It’s never too late. Stop looking at your goals as “One Day” and turn them into “Day One”!
"The past makes you wanna die out of regret, and the future makes you depressed out of anxiety. So by elimination, the present is likely the happiest time." – Franky
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I want to call out some amazing people in the HTTYD fandom today. @sorushing thank you so much for all the events you've hosted this year. I can't wait to participate in another Hiccstrid week and hopefully next year your HTTYD week as well. You're doing such a great job! Keep up the great work.
@whathappenedtomyweekend @triumphantfury @katergator84 @bi-bi-want-dragon no matter how busy you are or the many obstacles life has thrown in your way, you still continue to bless up with more chapters from your amazing. Everybody go read It's Just a Spark and indulge on some of the cutest Hiccstrid fluff ever! And I heard somewhere along the grapevine that To Suffer a Witch might be close to an update, so why don't we give it some love and remind our beautiful author that we're still reading and thinking about it! Walls We Build recently concluded after 8 precious years with wholesome fluff and bittersweet tears in our part as it ended. But her work Drawn to You has yet to be concluded, alright we know she’ll never leave Hiccstrid as literal soulmates unfinished. You’re doing amazing. You’re so busy being a productive human being and yet you still find time to write for us!!! And Randi!!!! Happy to hear you are back with us after some rocky times. We are with you one hundred percent always although we will never forgive you for chapter 23 in Wingless and Warbound
Thank you all fandom participants for being such inspiring figures in our community!!
I've not done one of these for a while, so tonight I'm giving a shout out to: @arrthurpendragon, @shrinkthisviolet, @lady-of-the-spirit, @daughter-of-melpomene, @dream-beyond-the-fantasy, @ninjasawakenedmystar, @ironverseocs, @dancingsunflowers-ocs and @vexic929 for their wonderful OCs who are all so awesome and who I love to see and read about. It was the OC Creator Bingo that introduced me to most of you and I'm so glad I took part, because not only did it introduce me to the OC Community and other people's OCs, but also gave me the confidence to talk about my own OCs more, something I'd struggled with for years - and it also led me to creating moodboards and web weaves, both of which really help with developing/showcasing a character and their story, so thank you all so much.
You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.
I completely missed the weekend. I also haven't participated in anything in awhile. So I'm calling this Motivation Monday. No rules. Share whatever you want.
Thanks everyone for still tagging me in everything even though I've been a lurker. I'm slowly getting my groove back. I've been really harsh on my writing lately and haven't wanted to attempt anything, but I finally wrote some words yesterday. So here have a poem and this little bit from the 4x18 coda that is destroying me...
“What are you doing, Carlitos?”
Carlos paws at the covers around his head, forces them down, and blinks rapidly in the brightness of the day.
“Dad?” he rubs both eyes with the heels of his hands, blinks a few more times for good measure as the room comes into focus. A shape comes into view standing at the foot of the bed. He sits up, curls wild and unwashed, just like the rest of him. Just like his clothes and the bedding he’s laying in.
“Are you going to let fear live your life for you?”
“No, sir.”
“Then get up.”
Carlos startles awake with a gasp, heart racing, his father’s voice still echoing in his ears. He throws the covers aside as he sits up, but there’s no one at the foot of the bed. He hears someone out in the kitchen, no idea who it might be. People have been coming and going and he’s lost track.
No pressure tagging @thebumblecee @welcometololaland @lemonlyman-dotcom @carlos-in-glasses @lightningboltreader @liminalmemories21 @strandnreyes @catanisspicy @jesuisici33 @mikibwrites @alrightbuckaroo @ramblingdisaster73 and anyone else that wants to. Tag me so I can see!
Starting the week off on a positive note, and getting a little motivation train rolling today. You are strong, you are capable, and you totally got this! Give it your best in whatever you do today and spread some positivity along the way! 🚂🤜🤛💨