"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

- Edith Wharton

 "Success isn't about how your life looks to others. It's about how it feels to you."

- Michelle Obama 

"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."

- Stephen Covey

 "Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

- Jim Rohn 

 "Step out the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create."

- Oprah Winfrey

 "One who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions".

 "The creative adult is the child who survived."

- Julian F. Fleron

 "The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried."

- Stephen McCranie 

"Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart."

- Drake

"Failure is success if we learn from it".

- Malcolm Forbes

"Do no harm, but take no crap".

- Moira Fowley-Doyle

"The path to wisdom is paved with humility."

- Tim Fargo

"You are confined only by the walls you build yourself."

- Andrew Murphy

"Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it."

"Every moment you live in the past is a moment you waste in the present."

- Tony Robbins 

"Don't let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life."

"The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see."

- Alexandra K. Trenfor

"Do not wish for an easy life. Wish for the strength to endure a difficult one."

- Bruce Lee

"Do your little bit of good where you are, it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."

- Desmond Tutu 

"Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true". 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inimigo Invisível

Parece até irónico. Estou na minha secretária. A trabalhar, como antes fazia. Com a minha avó ao meu lado, como já antes acontecia. A divisão é iluminada pelos raios de sol. Vou à janela. Sinto o vento (ligeiro) a bater-me na cara. Olho à minha volta e parece um dia normal. Um dia bonito, um dia cheio de luz. Mas essa luz só pode vir de dentro de nós. De todos os que se agarram à esperança. Porque a realidade é negra. 

No entanto, há factores que combatem a escuridão: o profissionalismo, o empenho, a dedicação, a bondade, a empatia e a solidariedade. Não os podemos deixar escapar. Só eles nos podem salvar. E talvez num dia mais tarde, quando o sol voltar a brilhar e tudo isto passar, continuemos a dar prioridade às coisas certas. Às coisas que relembramos agora e trazemos de volta desesperadamente para as vidas de todos. 

Juntos. 

Como sempre deveria ser. 

"Ask yourself if what you're doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow."

Let Me Get Me

"Like a prayer surroundin' us, movin' effortlessly

Every word is relief

I'm in dance floor therapy, all my babies and me

But tonight, it's for free

No self-sabotage, no letting my thoughts run

Me and this spiral are done

Burn this camouflage I've been wearing for months

Tryna let a little happy in for once

I need to let my mind rest

While my body reflects

Ohh

Don't get me down, I won't let me get me

Down

Don't get me down, I won't let me get me 

Down

I'm good right now, I won't let me get me

Take that tired heart and go and turn it inside

Out

Diving in ferociously, dancing intimately

I'm so connected to me

In the dark, I'm letting go, so anonymously

I guess this is what it feels like to be free

I need to let my mind rest (my, my, my)

While my body reflects

Ohh

Don't get me down, I won't let me get me 

Down

Don't get me down, I won't let me get me 

Down

I'm good right now, I won't let me get me

Take that tired heart and go and turn it inside

Out

Don't get me down, I won't let me get me 

Down

Don't get me down, I won't let me get me 

Down

I'm good right now, I won't let me get me

Take that tired heart and go and turn it inside...

Oh my, 

I guess this is what it feels like to be free

Oh my, 

I guess this is what it feels like to see me

Down

Get down, don't get me, ooh

Get down, don't get me, ooh

Get down

Take that tired heart and go and turn it inside

Out

Don't get me down, I won't let me get me 

Down

Don't get me down, I won't let me get me 

Down

I'm good right now, I won't let me get me

Take that tired heart and go and turn it inside

Out".

- Let Me Get Me by Selena Gomez

All The Bright Places

"(...) Because he taught me to wander. He taught me that you don't have to climb a mountain to stand on top of the world. That even the ugliest of places can be beautiful, as long as you take the time to look. That it's okay to get lost as long as you find your way back. But in learning all of that, I missed seeing something more important...seeing Finch. I missed that he was in pain. I missed that he was teaching me all along how to move on. Finch was a dreamer. He dreamt while he was awake. He dreamt of all the beauty in the world, and he made it come to life.  Finch taught me that there's beauty in the most unexpected of places. And that there are bright places, even in dark times. And that if there isn't, you can be that bright place...with infinite capacities."

- All The Bright Places (movie)

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

- Dr. Seuss

"Not all blood is family."

- Fast 9 Trailer

A Sweeter Place

"You really wanna know where I've been all this time?

(...)

Got two feet on the ground

And felt what real is like

What is was like

Livin' out of the scene

Out in the wild 

Learning to breathe

Up in the clouds 

Far from the crowds

I can't believe I can be loud 

Holdin' hands with the darkness and knowing my heart is allowed

(...)

Is there a place where I can hide away?

(...)

There must be a sweeter place

We can sugarcoat the taste".

- A Sweeter Place by Selena Gomez 

Wrong Direction

"I don't hate you 

No, I couldn't if I wanted to 

I just hate all the hurt that you put me through 

And that I blame myself for letting you 

(...)

Couldn't even see you through the smoke

Looking back, I probably should have known 

(...)

Loved me with your worst intentions 

Didn't even stop to question

(...)

Loved me with your worst intentions 

Painted us a happy ending 

(...)

And it's so gut-wrenching 

Falling in the wrong direction".

- Wrong Direction by Hailee Steinfeld