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Page 1: Making Time for Creativity€¦ · Yearly Insert Scan the QR code to download a copy of this insert. Yearl Y Complete these assignments ea C h month of the Y ear. Writing p rompt

Making Time for CreativityGina Rossi Armfield

north light booksCincinnati, Ohio

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Yearly InsertScan the QR code to download a copy of this insert.

Yea

rlY

Com

plet

e th

ese

ass

ign

men

ts e

aCh

mo

nth

o

f th

e Ye

ar.

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tin

g p

rom

ptRe

writ

e a

poem

or q

uote

s on

one

of y

our

page

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ing:

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ll lo

wer

cas

e2.

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uppe

r cas

e3.

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itch

colo

r eve

ry s

tanz

a4.

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e w

ith y

our o

ppos

ite h

and

5. T

ry a

dip

pen

6. M

ake

your

lett

ers

very

wid

e7.

Mak

e yo

ur le

tter

s ve

ry n

arro

w8.

Cap

italiz

e ev

ery

5th

lett

er9.

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t onl

y10

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sive

onl

y11

. Alte

rnat

e be

twee

n pr

intin

g an

d cu

rsiv

e ev

ery

othe

r wor

d12

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rnat

e be

twee

n up

per a

nd lo

wer

cas

e ev

ery

othe

r w

ord

mo

nth

lY C

oll

ag

e M

ake

a co

llage

usi

ng to

rn o

ut m

agaz

ine

or p

rinte

d im

ages

.

Beg

inn

ing

s a

ssig

nm

ent

At t

he b

egin

ning

of t

he m

onth

, cre

ate

a co

lor p

alet

te th

at

repr

esen

ts th

e m

onth

.

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e a

list o

f wor

ds th

at c

ome

to m

ind

that

repr

esen

t th

e m

onth

.

List

imag

es th

at c

ome

to m

ind

abou

t the

mon

th.

mo

nth

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rt a

ssig

nm

ents

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kly

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ch w

eek.

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lyD

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ay.

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wea

ther

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January Insert—BreatheW

riti

ng

pro

mpt

s“B

reat

he. L

et g

o. A

nd re

min

d yo

urse

lf th

at th

is v

ery

mom

ent i

s th

e on

ly o

ne y

ou k

now

you

hav

e fo

r sur

e.”

—O

prah

Win

frey

“Sm

ile, b

reat

he a

nd g

o sl

owly

.”

—Th

ich

Nha

t Han

h

“He

lives

mos

t life

who

ever

bre

athe

s m

ost a

ir.”

—El

izab

eth

Barr

ett B

row

ning

“I to

ok a

dee

p br

eath

and

list

ened

to th

e ol

d br

ay o

f my

hear

t: I

am, I

am

, I a

m.”

Sylv

ia P

lath

“Onl

y Br

eath

” by

Mew

lana

Jala

ludd

in R

umi

Not

Chr

istia

n or

Jew

or M

uslim

, not

Hin

duBu

ddhi

st, s

ufi, o

r zen

. Not

any

relig

ion

or c

ultu

ral s

yste

m. I

am

not

from

the

East

or th

e W

est,

not o

ut o

f the

oce

an o

r up

from

the

grou

nd, n

ot n

atur

al o

r eth

erea

l, no

tco

mpo

sed

of e

lem

ents

at a

ll. I

do n

ot e

xist

,

am n

ot a

n en

tity

in th

is w

orld

or i

n th

e ne

xt,

did

not d

esce

nd fr

om A

dam

and

Eve

or a

ny

orig

in s

tory

. My

plac

e is

pla

cele

ss, a

trac

eof

the

trace

less

. Nei

ther

bod

y or

sou

l.

I bel

ong

to th

e be

love

d, h

ave

seen

the

two

wor

lds

as o

ne a

nd th

at o

ne c

all t

o an

d kn

ow,

first

, las

t, ou

ter,

inne

r, on

ly th

atbr

eath

bre

athi

ng h

uman

bei

ng.

ass

ign

men

tCo

llect

imag

es o

f sce

nes

whe

re y

ou fe

el th

at y

ou c

an

brea

the

deep

ly.

Exam

ples

: for

est,

beac

h, c

ount

rysi

de, t

empl

e

Now

dra

w a

litt

le a

ltar o

r shr

ine

on y

our p

age—

this

can

be

a si

mpl

e sh

elf o

r an

intr

icat

e an

d or

nate

alta

r.C

ut o

ut a

nd g

lue

dow

n th

ese

imag

es o

n yo

ur a

ltar.

Cre

ate

a pa

ge w

here

you

can

go

to c

atch

you

r bre

ath.

Wee

klY

task

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t a c

ard

peek

eac

h w

eek.

Da

ilY a

ssig

nm

ents

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t col

or a

m I

toda

y?D

raw

the

wea

ther

.D

raw

a d

aily

des

ign.

Writ

e th

e w

ord

of th

e da

y.

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ua

rY

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Wri

tin

g p

rom

pts

“Nev

er lo

se a

n op

port

unity

of s

eein

g an

ythi

ng b

eaut

iful,

for

beau

ty is

God

’s ha

ndw

ritin

g.”

—Ra

lph

Wal

do E

mer

son

“Jud

gmen

ts p

reve

nt u

s fro

m s

eein

g th

e go

od th

at li

es

beyo

nd a

ppea

ranc

es.”

Way

ne D

yer

“Eve

ry c

lose

d ey

e is

not

sle

epin

g, a

nd e

very

ope

n ey

e is

no

t see

ing.

” —

Bill

Cosb

y

“The

real

voy

age

of d

isco

very

con

sist

s of

not

in s

eeki

ng n

ew

land

scap

es b

ut in

hav

ing

new

eye

s.”

—M

arce

l Pro

ust

ass

ign

men

tD

raw

det

aile

d pi

ctur

es o

f a v

arie

ty o

f eye

s:

Wee

klY

ta

sks

Pain

t a c

ard

peek

eac

h w

eek.

Da

ilY t

ask

sW

hat c

olor

am

I to

day?

Dra

w th

e w

eath

er.

Dra

w a

dai

ly d

esig

n.W

rite

the

wor

d of

the

day.

eye

of a

per

son

eye

of a

rabb

it

eye

of a

haw

key

e of

a c

at

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March Insert—EmergeW

riti

ng

pro

mpt

s“F

aith

is th

e st

reng

th b

y w

hich

a s

hatt

ered

wor

ld s

hall

emer

ge

into

the

light

.”

—H

elen

Kel

ler

“Goo

d ar

t is

art t

hat a

llow

s yo

u to

ent

er it

from

a v

arie

ty o

f an

gles

and

to e

mer

ge w

ith a

var

iety

of v

iew

s.”

—M

ary

Schm

ich

“I’m

ver

y re

pres

enta

tiona

l som

e of

the

time,

and

a li

ttle

all

of

the

time.

But

whe

n yo

u’re

pai

ntin

g ou

t of y

our u

ncon

scio

us,

figur

es a

re b

ound

to e

mer

ge.”

Jack

son

Pollo

ck

“Onl

y th

roug

h ar

t can

we

emer

ge fr

om o

urse

lves

and

kno

w

wha

t ano

ther

per

son

sees

.”

—M

arce

l Pro

ust

“Poe

m 8

88” b

y Em

ily D

icki

nson

Whe

n I h

ave

seen

the

Sun

emer

geFr

om H

is a

maz

ing

Hou

se—

And

leav

e a

Day

at e

very

Doo

rA

Dee

d, in

eve

ry p

lace

With

out t

he in

cide

nt o

f Fam

eO

r acc

iden

t of N

oise

—Th

e Ea

rth

has

seem

ed to

me

a D

rum

,Pu

rsue

d of

litt

le B

oys

ass

ign

men

tD

ivid

e a

page

into

four

sec

tions

.D

raw

and

wat

erco

lor/

mar

ker,

etc.

, clo

se-u

p im

ages

of

butt

erfly

win

gs.

Wee

klY

task

sPa

int a

car

d pe

ek e

ach

wee

k.

Da

ilY t

ask

sW

hat c

olor

am

I to

day?

Dra

w th

e w

eath

er.

Dra

w a

des

ign.

Writ

e th

e w

ord

of th

e da

y.

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rCh

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April Insert—ReinventionW

riti

ng

pro

mpt

s

“I am

stil

l mak

ing

orde

r out

of c

haos

by

rein

vent

ion.

” —

John

le C

arré

“It a

lway

s se

ems

impo

ssib

le u

ntil

it’s

done

.”

—N

elso

n M

ande

la

“Act

ion

is th

e fo

unda

tiona

l key

to a

ll su

cces

s.”

—Pa

blo

Pica

sso

“I do

n’t k

now

the

key

to s

ucce

ss, b

ut th

e ke

y to

failu

re is

tryi

ng

to p

leas

e ev

eryb

ody.”

Bill

Cosb

y

“The

way

to g

et s

tart

ed is

to q

uit t

alki

ng a

nd b

egin

doi

ng.”

—W

alt D

isne

y

From

“Rei

nven

tion”

by

Jam

es G

reng

s

this

is m

y ne

w d

ecla

ratio

n—i a

m n

ot

who

you

onc

e th

ough

t i w

as.

nor a

m i

who

you

wan

t me

to b

e.

ass

ign

men

tTa

ke a

n im

age

of a

pai

ntin

g, s

uch

as th

is o

ne, a

nd e

ither

prin

t or

cop

y it

in b

lack

and

whi

te.

Then

rein

vent

it.

Cha

nge

the

colo

r.A

dd d

esig

n el

emen

ts.

Exte

nd th

e im

age.

Wee

klY

task

sPa

int a

car

d pe

ek e

ach

wee

k.

Da

ilY t

ask

sW

hat c

olor

am

I to

day?

Dra

w th

e w

eath

er.

Dra

w a

dai

ly d

esig

n.W

rite

the

wor

d of

the

day.

april

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May Insert—AwarenessW

riti

ng

pro

mpt

s“M

ay o

ur h

eart

’s ga

rden

of a

wak

enin

g bl

oom

with

hun

dred

s

of fl

ower

s.”

—Th

ich

Nha

t Han

h “T

he tr

uth

is th

at o

ur fi

nest

mom

ents

are

mos

t lik

ely

to o

ccur

w

hen

we

are

feel

ing

deep

ly u

ncom

fort

able

, unh

appy

or

unfu

lfille

d. F

or it

is o

nly

in s

uch

mom

ents

, pro

pelle

d by

our

di

scom

fort

, tha

t we

are

likel

y to

ste

p ou

t of o

ur ru

ts a

nd s

tart

se

arch

ing

for d

iffer

ent w

ays

or tr

uer a

nsw

ers.”

M. S

cott

Pec

k

From

“Min

dful

” by

Mar

y O

liver

It w

as w

hat I

was

bor

n fo

r—to

look

, to

liste

n,

to lo

se m

ysel

fin

side

this

sof

t wor

ld—

ass

ign

men

tTa

ke a

five

-min

ute

wal

k w

ith y

our c

amer

a an

d sn

ap a

sho

t of

ever

ythi

ng th

at c

atch

es y

our e

ye. P

rint o

ut th

e im

ages

and

m

ake

a co

llage

.

Wee

klY

task

sPa

int a

car

d pe

ek e

ach

wee

k.

Da

ilY t

ask

sW

hat c

olor

am

I to

day?

Dra

w th

e w

eath

er.

Dra

w a

des

ign.

Writ

e th

e w

ord

of th

e da

y. maY

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Scan the QR code to download a copy of this insert.June Insert—Listen

Wri

tin

g p

rom

pts

“Whe

n on

e ha

s th

e fe

elin

g of

dis

like

for e

vil,

whe

n on

e fe

els

tranq

uil,

one

finds

ple

asur

e in

list

enin

g to

goo

d te

achi

ngs;

w

hen

one

has

thes

e fe

elin

gs a

nd a

ppre

ciat

es th

em, o

ne is

free

of

fear

.”

—Bu

ddha

“I lik

e to

list

en. I

hav

e le

arne

d a

grea

t dea

l fro

m li

sten

ing

care

fully

. Mos

t peo

ple

neve

r lis

ten.

” —

Erne

st H

emin

gway

From

“Lis

teni

ng” b

y W

illia

m S

taffo

rd

My

fath

er c

ould

hea

r a li

ttle

ani

mal

ste

p,

or a

mot

h in

the

dark

aga

inst

the

scre

en,

and

ever

y fa

r sou

nd c

alle

d th

e lis

teni

ng o

utin

to p

lace

s w

here

the

rest

of u

s ha

d ne

ver b

een.

ass

ign

men

t“A

wis

e ol

d ow

l sat

on

an o

ak; t

he m

ore

he s

aw th

e le

ss h

e sp

oke;

the

less

he

spok

e, th

e m

ore

he h

eard

. Why

are

n’t w

e lik

e th

at w

ise

old

bird

?”

—Ed

war

d H

erse

y Ri

char

ds

Eith

er d

raw

or c

ut o

ut a

nd p

aste

the

owl i

mag

e be

low

and

th

en w

rite

the

quot

e ar

ound

it o

r in

the

back

grou

nd.

Wee

klY

task

sPa

int a

car

d pe

ek e

ach

wee

k.

Da

ilY t

ask

sW

hat c

olor

am

I to

day?

Dra

w th

e w

eath

er.

Dra

w a

dai

ly d

esig

n.W

rite

the

wor

d of

the

day.

Jun

e

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Wri

tin

g p

rom

pts

“Ana

lysi

s ki

lls s

pont

anei

ty. T

he g

rain

onc

e gr

ound

into

flou

r sp

rings

and

ger

min

ates

no

mor

e.”

—H

enri-

Fred

eric

Am

iel

“Spo

ntan

eity

is o

nly

a te

rm fo

r man

’s ig

nora

nce

of th

e go

ds.”

—Sa

mue

l But

ler

Defi

nitio

n of

SPO

NTA

NEI

TY1:

the

qual

ity o

r sta

te o

f bei

ng s

pont

aneo

us

2: v

olun

tary

or u

ndet

erm

ined

act

ion

or m

ovem

ent;

al

so: i

ts s

ourc

e

From

“Spo

ntan

eous

Me”

by

Wal

t Whi

tman

Spon

tane

ous

me,

Nat

ure,

The

lovi

ng d

ay, t

he m

ount

ing

sun,

the

frien

d I a

m h

appy

with

,Th

e ar

m o

f my

frien

d ha

ngin

g id

ly o

ver m

y sh

ould

er,

The

hills

ide

whi

ten’

d w

ith b

loss

oms

of th

e m

ount

ain

ash,

ass

ign

men

tD

raw

a b

lind

cont

our o

f wha

teve

r you

see

in fr

ont o

f you

at

the

mom

ent.

Wee

klY

task

sPa

int a

car

d pe

ek e

ach

wee

k.

Da

ilY t

ask

sW

hat c

olor

am

I to

day?

Dra

w th

e w

eath

er.

Dra

w a

dai

ly d

esig

n.W

rite

the

wor

d of

the

day.

July Insert—SpontaneityJu

lY

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August Insert—EmbraceW

riti

ng

pro

mpt

s“L

over

s em

brac

e th

at w

hich

is b

etw

een

them

rath

er th

an

each

oth

er.”

Kahl

il G

ibra

n

“You

can

clu

tch

the

past

so

tight

ly to

you

r che

st th

at it

leav

es

your

arm

s to

o fu

ll to

em

brac

e th

e pr

esen

t.”

—Ja

n G

lidew

ell

From

“The

Jour

ney”

by

Mar

y O

liver

One

day

you

fina

lly k

new

wha

t you

had

to d

o, a

nd b

egan

,th

ough

the

voic

es a

roun

d yo

uke

pt s

hout

ing

ass

ign

men

t

Dra

w th

e im

age

of h

ands

em

brac

ing

each

oth

er.

Colla

ge a

pag

e us

ing

imag

es o

f han

ds w

ith th

e w

ritin

g pr

ompt

ar

ound

it.

Wee

klY

task

sPa

int a

car

d pe

ek e

ach

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September Insert—HarvestW

riti

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pro

mpt

s“T

he tr

ue h

arve

st o

f my

life

is in

tang

ible

—a

little

sta

r dus

t ca

ught

, a p

ortio

n of

the

rain

bow

I ha

ve c

lutc

hed.

” —

Hen

ry D

avid

Tho

reau

“For

the

unle

arne

d, o

ld a

ge is

win

ter;

for t

he le

arne

d, it

is th

e se

ason

of t

he h

arve

st.”

Talm

ud

“Wha

t we

plan

t in

the

soil

of c

onte

mpl

atio

n, w

e sh

all r

eap

in

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harv

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ion.

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ster

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by

Car

l San

dbur

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er th

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flagr

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in th

e du

sk

of th

e w

ild re

d le

aves

, Lo

ve, w

ith li

ttle

han

ds,

com

es a

nd to

uche

s yo

u

ass

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men

tPr

int o

ut a

n im

age

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e ha

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poem

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sphe

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October Insert—EnchantmentW

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“Onl

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who

trul

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ho a

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stro

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an

sust

ain

thei

r liv

es a

s a

drea

m. Y

ou d

wel

l in

your

ow

n en

chan

tmen

t. Li

fe th

row

s st

ones

at y

ou, b

ut y

our l

ove

and

your

dre

am c

hang

e th

ose

ston

es in

to th

e flo

wer

s of

dis

cove

ry.

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if y

ou lo

se, o

r are

def

eate

d by

thin

gs, y

our t

rium

ph w

ill

alw

ays

be e

xem

plar

y. A

nd if

no

one

know

s it,

then

ther

e ar

e pl

aces

that

do.

Peo

ple

like

you

enric

h th

e dr

eam

s of

the

wor

lds,

and

it is

dre

ams

that

cre

ate

hist

ory.

Peo

ple

like

you

are

unkn

owin

g tra

nsfo

rmer

s of

thin

gs, p

rote

cted

by

your

ow

n fa

iryta

le, b

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ve.”

Ben

Okr

i

From

“A S

ong

of E

ncha

ntm

ent”

by

Wal

ter d

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Mar

e

A s

ong

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san

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e th

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In a

gre

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woo

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y w

ater

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ir,Ju

st a

s th

e w

ords

cam

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to m

eI s

ang

it un

der t

he w

ild w

ood

tree.

ass

ign

men

tD

raw

an

ench

ante

d ho

me

from

you

r im

agin

atio

n. D

raw

the

hom

e th

at e

ncha

nts

your

sou

l—yo

ur e

very

wis

h.

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November Insert—GraceW

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“A h

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llant

ry w

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hich

ap

palli

ng e

xper

ienc

es a

re s

urvi

ved

with

gra

ce.”

Tenn

esse

e W

illia

ms

“Bea

uty

with

out g

race

is th

e ho

ok w

ithou

t the

bai

t.”

—Ra

lph

Wal

do E

mer

son

From

“Pra

ying

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Mar

y O

liver

It do

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be

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blue

iris

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wee

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men

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imag

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a sw

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tent

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th

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pro

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tuiti

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is a

sac

red

gift,

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the

ratio

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a fa

ithfu

l ser

vant

. We

have

cre

ated

a s

ocie

ty th

at h

onor

s th

e se

rvan

t and

has

forg

otte

n th

e gi

ft.”

—A

lber

t Ein

stei

n

“The

gre

ates

t gift

is a

por

tion

of th

ysel

f.”

—Ra

lph

Wal

do E

mer

son

“The

gre

ates

t gift

is to

giv

e pe

ople

you

r enl

ight

enm

ent,

to

shar

e it.

It h

as to

be

the

grea

test

.”

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ddha

From

“Kin

dnes

s” b

y N

aom

i Shi

hab

Nye

Befo

re y

ou k

now

wha

t kin

dnes

s re

ally

isyo

u m

ust l

ose

thin

gs,

feel

the

futu

re d

isso

lve

in a

mom

ent

like

salt

in a

wea

kene

d br

oth.

ass

ign

men

tD

raw

the

outli

ne o

f a g

ift b

ox a

nd p

lace

insi

de g

ifts

you

wou

ld

like

to g

ive

to y

ours

elf,

eith

er in

wor

ds o

r im

ages

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ilY t

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w th

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eath

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rite

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wor

d of

the

day.

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