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Mike the Perpetual Student @sacwriter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

"But more than art, more than science, we have invented one implement to cut through the curtain of habit and render the world new. Love alone blues the sky and greens the grass and brightens all the light we see. It is the last irreducible reality. " --Maria Popova

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

we’re always in-between, focused on arriving somewhere, running past this present moment as if it doesn’t matter, and yet this ‘here’ this ‘now’ is where we are most powerful

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. What a beautiful day! We're not scared. We can't go over it. We can't go under it. Oh no! We've got to go through it! ~ Helen Oxenbury

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

There is good to be found in everything. Even in this mess. “Do not feel shame in America. Feel pride in the ideals we share. Feel honored that you are an activist warrior on the right side of history. Feel strength in our conviction. Feel power in our cause.”

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

when you try to write, but the doggo is bent on getting attention

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We are more than this, and we can do better than this. We talk of dreamers as if they’re fools not rooted in reality. What if we’re in this mess because we stopped dreaming dreams worth dreaming. What if we allowed ourselves to be idealists again, dreamers of new and better realities for everyone

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I don’t know about you, but I choose to be in the arena, a citizen in a republic who spends herself in a worthy cause. I’d rather come short again and again, than not to have tried. And if, in the end, I fail, I will fail while daring greatly. #StrongerTogether #Democracy #FightForFreedom

The phrase Daring Greatly is from Theodore Roosevelt’s speech “Citizenship in a Republic.” The speech, sometimes referred to as “The Man in the Arena,” was delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910. This is the passage that made the speech famous:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,

because there is not effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasm, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause;

who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly…”

first page of Brené Brown’s book Daring Greatly

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Which vision for a better future will propel you into action? I dream of clean air & water, fair pay, poison-free nutritious food, affordable education & housing, thriving communities, a healthy planet and an optimistic future FOR EVERYONE What’s your dream? What one small thing can YOU do today?

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

How shocking events can spark positive change - Naomi Klein @TED We need to have a communal picture of the world we are fighting for, together. It’s about having a sense of what this envisioned future feels like. This vision then will propel us forward. #BuildTheFuture #DreamBig #Leadership

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

when in need of inspiration, I call upon my inner Fox - the thing I love most about foxes is their resourcefulness, their ability to adapt to all circumstances, and thrive. have I mentioned that I love foxes? 😂 #resourcefulness #creativity #adaptability

a fox in a snowglobe, a small papermaché fox and a postcard of a fox with a red robin on its nose, plus six crystals

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Joy is to our well-being what breath is to our body. We need joy. Joy is not a luxury, it is a necessity. #MoreJoy

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Life is an unfolding of potential. It unfolds from the inside out. When given the opportunity, a caterpillar will unfold into a butterfly, and a acorn into an oak tree. What will you do to unfold into YOU? #personalleadership #changemaker #butterfly

black and white pen drawing of a butterfly on a flower

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Only when we can be honest and compassionate with ourselves can we lead with wisdom and love. Real change starts within. #personalleadership #change #transformation #WeAreTheChange #TogetherWeRise

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