Demi Lovato - Give Your Heart A Break

Hold Life Like A Face

To love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you've held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it.  When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gills than lungs; when grief weights you like your own flesh only more of it, you think, How can a body withstand this?  Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes, and you say, yes, I will take you.  I will love you, again. -Ellen Bass

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What Is Love?

I approached a kid and asked: “What is Love?” The kid answered: “Hmm, Love is when a puppy licks your face.” I laughed, but then he added, “Even after you left him alone all day." -unk

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Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World

Hachiko: A Loyal Dog's Story

Hachiko, the legendary Japanese akita, proves that there is nothing more loyal than mans best friend in this modern retelling of a cherished true story. It all begins when a college professor adopts an abandoned dog named Hachiko. The two form such a strong bond that Hachiko walks with the professor to the train station each morning and returns to the station each evening to walk the professor home again. The routine continues until one day the professor does not return to the train station. Hachiko, however, does not give up. He returns to the same train station at the same time, faithfully waiting for his owner to return. Hachiko does this for more than nine years, until his own death. This heartwarming tale is already the stuff of legend in Japan, and the experience of Hachiko's unending loyalty is certain to stay with you. Hachikos story is one of love, unwavering devotion, and the resounding impact one dogs affection can make.

Gather Strength

Throughout life each of us endures both painful hardships and soaring triumphs. Lessons are inherent in each experience if we will only listen.  We grow by remaining fully conscious of the gifts we are given. Our responsibility to ourselves and the world is to seek out knowledge and act on what we learn.  We must breathe deeply, trust ourselves, be unashamed, and gather strength from the lessons learned on our individual journeys to become whole. -Diana Tiger

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Survivor

Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I've been through. I said, it's because no matter what, I am a survivor. Not a victim. -Jerose

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Street Musician With Unbelievable Instrument!

Ariana Grande - Put Your Hearts Up

It Hurts Sometimes

Do you think I'm pretty?
I think you're beautiful
Beautiful?
You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.
― Richelle Mead

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What I Want

I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want...a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved. -Shana Abe

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Dad Scared On Ride

UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love

Being Thankful

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough -Oprah Winfrey

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Little Room

Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in a library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library. -Haruki Murakami

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Bride Can't Stop Laughing During Vows

Berlin - Take My Breath Away

The Real Things

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong. -Laura Ingalls Wilder

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All That Comes To Mind

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand and the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep and there are no words for that. -Brian Andreas

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Louis Armstrong - When You're Smiling

Embrace Life

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life. -John Lennon

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Wishing For Rain

I was praying that you and I might end up together. It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert, but I'm holding you closer than most,'cause you are my heaven. -Ron Pope

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Elderly Couple Of 62 Years Plays Piano

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

The Beginning

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them -Thomas Merton

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Hold Onto Him

He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you. -Bob Marley

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Take It Slow

It seems as though slow dancing is fading away as slow love songs are becoming less popular. We hope that despite the radios and DJs not playing them, that people will still find a way to have this special moment together, because there are few things like the innocent romantic emotions that come from slowly swaying with a person you really care about, to a good, sweet song. As we grow up, slow dancing is one of those things that don't happen much anymore. So don't take it for granted... slow dance whenever and wherever, because there are fewer and fewer opportunities to (if at all) as time goes on. -wfp

Adele - Make You Feel My Love

Reflection

I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness. -Drew Barrymore

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