Today's Quote: Hazrat Inayat Khan

 

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Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.

~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

Today's Quote: Franz Kafka

 

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Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

~ Franz Kafka

Today's Quote: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

 

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If you want to know what you need to do in life, all you really need to do is pay attention to what you pay attention to.  

~ Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Today's Quote: Abraham Lincoln

 

 

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Let them adopt the maxim, “Better luck next time”; and then, by renewed exertion, make that better luck for themselves.
 

~ Abraham Lincoln

Today's Quote: Robert Kiyosaki

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The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Today's Quote: Amelia Earhart

 

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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

~ Amelia Earhart 

Today's Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today's Quote: Proverbial Wisdom

 

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"If" and "when" were planted, and "nothing" grew.

~ Turkish proverb

Today's Quote: Isaac Asimov

 

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Don't agonize. It slows you down.

~ Isaac Asimov

 

Today's Quote: Rosa Parks

 

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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

~ Rosa Parks

Today's Quote: Linus Pauling

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The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

~ Linus Pauling

Today's Quote: Colette

 

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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

~ Colette

Call for Submissions

IMPERFECT II: poems about perspective for middle schoolers

Being human means losing perspective sometimes. We focus on the one negative comment instead of the ten positive ones. We think we're the only one who had something really embarrassing happen to us, or that we won't be able to get out from under a problem we're having. Just like an artist draws using perspective to show the larger picture, poetic perspective can help us have a balanced view.

History House Publishers is having an open call for submissions for IMPERFECT II which will end June 30th.

Possible topics:

Taking baby steps when you are overwhelmed

Not making a mountain out of a molehill

Feeling something good that happens (not minimizing it)

Not assuming it is about you

Not taking insults to heart

Finding the good

Being your own measuring stick (not comparing yourself to others)

Not blaming yourself for things you didn't have control over

Avoiding negative self-talk

Is it really a catastrophe?

Other perspective-related things...

Poems can be any form. Submit as many poems as you would like. Funny, serious, historical, dual language...we are looking for all different takes on the topics at hand for our middle school audience.

Please include your name, email address, and mailing address with your poem. Send your submission to perspectiveanthology@gmail.com by June 30th. A selection committee will blind-read the poems and acceptances will be sent out by September. Young poets can submit, with permission of their guardian. Poets will be paid $25 per poem and a paperback copy of IMPERFECT II.

Thank you for your support of this project!