Soul Inspired: Seeing the Beautiful
Soul Inspired is a word of inspiration from women and creative minds who have overcome obstacles and lived & dreamed boldly.
This Soul Inspired is about how blessing can come from anywhere, even hardship, if you choose to see it. I often have to remind myself to view the blessings in a situation whenever hardship occurs, and to overcome my dark times in order to be able to live more fully.
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”
– Alice Walker
Herstory
Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an author and civil rights activist. When Alice Walker was eight years old, she lost sight in one eye when one of her older brothers shot her with a BB gun by accident. She went on to received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple.
“Is it not true, then, that my life with all its limitations
touches at many points the life of the World Beautiful?
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I
learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content…”
“Silence sits immense upon my soul. Then comes Hope with a sweet, sad smile and whispers, ‘There is joy in self-forgetfulness’. So I try to make the light in others’ eyes my sun, the music in others’ ears my symphony, the smile on others’ lips my happiness.”
– Hellen Keller, The Story of My Life
Herstory
“Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 � June 1, 1968) American author, activist and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to graduate from college. What is less well known is how Keller’s life developed after she completed her education. She was a prolific author, was well traveled, and campaigned for workers’ rights, women’s suffrage, and many other progressive causes.”
Biography Source: Wikipedia
