What Is Your Most Dominant Character Trait?

Our personalities – and thus our thoughts and actions – are a mixture of many different traits all competing with one another to assert as much influence as possible. But there are some traits that are stronger than others and it is these that find it easiest to bubble to the surface.Then there is a dominant character trait which maintains the primary direction of your life and has the power to overrule those below it. It guides your way and dictates your core values; it is a large part of your essence. While not quite a scientific test, the quiz below can give you some idea as to what trait dominates your personality. Have a go now and see what it says for you.

Ambition

Your Most Dominant Character Trait is Ambition! 

You are a true fighter who knows that getting anything done the right way absolutely needs motivation and drive. When you have a goal or set a plan for yourself, there is no stopping you. You are a strong-minded individual who can accomplish anything within a given period of time. You are very passionate when it comes to things you're excited about and this is what makes you so reliable and effective with anything you set out do.

Source: A Conscious Rethink [ https://www.aconsciousrethink.com/2733/what-is-your-most-dominant-character-trait/?c=ACR] 

She Made Broken Look Beautiful - - Ariana

"She made broken look beautiful, and strong look invincible. She walked with the Universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings." 

-Ariana

We are All Wonderful, Beautiful Wrecks... - - Anonymous Author

"We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we are all broken, all beautifully imperfect."

-Anonymous Author

Beautifully Broken - - R. M. Drake

"Sometimes the most beautiful people are beautifully broken."

-R. M. Drake

I Am Beautifully Broken - Anonymous Author

"I am beautifully broken, perfectly imperfect, beautiful in my flaws, altogether I am a beautiful disaster."

-Anonymous Author

Beautifully Broken - - J. Raymond

"The most beautiful amongst us all seem to be slightly broken, women especially. The ones worth knowing are beyond repair. She’ll always be slightly off centered. A clock, never set perfectly, but you knew could still sing beautifully. And fools we are for attempting to fix her. Just read her, learn her, love her. Don’t try to make sense of her past, or dare predict her future. Who she was, is not who she is, and is certainly not who she would be. You’re not meant to understand her entirely. Because she’s not sure who she is exactly. Let her sing her song. Watch her dance wildly to it. It’s her time. Repairing that would only break her heart. And I’d rather be ripped apart from her, than rip a part from her.” 

–J. Raymond

Signs From Your Angel--Tiffany Stiles 11:11 SLC

In June of 2013 I lost my younger brother, my only sibling. Since then I've been especially interested in supposed signs from the other side, such as the cardinal effect [thecardinalexperience.com/]. I like to think that my brother, John is still looking out for me from his home in eternity. 

With what would have been my brother, John's 29th birthday, I thought this to be especially appropriate today. 

I miss you, baby brother, and I will love you 'forever and a day'.

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1. Dimes & Pennies

2. Feathers, Doves, & Butterflies

3. A Song The Meant Something to You Both

4. Bells Ringing

5. A Familiar Scent

6. Books Falling Off Shelves, Opening to a Page for a Message.

7. Sudden Temperature Changes

8. Repeating Numeric Sequences

9. Sparkles of Light Seen Out of the Corner of Your Eye

10. Orbs of White or Colored Light

11. Flicking Lights

12. Goosebumps, or an Overwhelming Feeling of Unconditional Love

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The angels whisper through synchronicities to get your attention. They want you to know they are with you and always watching over you.         

"Dark" by Erin Hanson, from "The Poetic Underground"

Dark

by Erin Hanson, The Poetic Underground (2014)

"Her story's written on her skin, an artwork of her pain. She tells herself the art's complete, but keeps adding lines again.She locks herself up in her room, the blade her only friend waiting for the day to come when her scars would start to mend.

The world around her doesn't care. All the people carry on, not noticing she isn't there; that her will for life is gone.

But there comes a single shining light that marks the tunnels end. This light is made of people; of her family and friends. They pull her from the hole she's in, and provide much needed hope, give her joy in life again, and teach her how to cope.

Although her scars are yet to fade, she knows until they do, she'll keep them as a reminder of the times she's made it through."

Poetry Source:

©Erin Hanson, If You Cannot Be the Poet at thepoeticunderground.com

From "It's a Lovely Life": 5 Inspirational Quotes to Make your Life Better"

Sometimes you just need some inspiration in your life. Today, I'm sharing five inspirational quotes to make your life better. These are some of my favorites to read when I need that extra push!

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5 Inspirational Quotes to 

Make Your Life Better...

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#1. "Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you are in now." 

-Unknown Author

#2. "Life is an echo. What you send out--comes back; What you sow--you reap; What you give--you get; What you see in others--exists in you. Do not judge--so you will not be judged. Radiate and give LOVE--and love will come back to you."

-Unknown Author

#3. "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

-Kahlil Gibran

#4. "Live simple; Remain grateful." 

-Unknown Author

#5. "You think big, you get big."

-Unknown Author

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Original Source: 

It's a Lovely Life. April 16, 2014: [ itsalovelylife.com/inspirational-quotes-to-make-your-life-better/ ]

Life is Like a Bicycle... - Albert Einstein

Cute x See you tomorrow! 😍🎀💤 #alberteinstein #cutequotes #cute #quotes #inspiring

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Alan Marshall Beck's "Little Boys..."

Little Boys...

Boys are found everywhere—on top of, underneath, inside of climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mother’s love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore then and Heaven protects them.

A boy is truth with dirt on its face beauty with a cut on its finger, wisdom with bubble gum in its hair, and the hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.

A boy is a magical creature—you can lock out of your workshop, but you can’t lock him out of your heart, you can get him out of your study, but you can’t get him out of your mind. Might as well give up—he is your captor, your jailor, your boss and your master—a freckle-faced pint sized, cat chasing bundle of noise.

But when you come home at night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words—‘Hi, Dad!’

-Alan Marshall Beck

Alan Marshall Beck's 'Little Girls...'

Little Girls...

Little girls are the nicest things that can happen to people. They are born with a bit of angel-shine about them, and though it wears thin sometimes, there is always enough left to lasso your heart—even when they are sitting in the mud, or crying temperamental tears, or parading up the street in Mother’s best clothes.

A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves, yet just when you open your mouth, she stands there demure with that special look in her eyes. A girl is innocence playing in the mud, beauty standing on its head, and motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

God borrows from many creatures to make a little girl. He uses the song of a bird, the squeal of a pig, the stubbornness of a mule, the antics of a monkey, the spryness of a grasshopper, the curiosity of a cat, the speed of a gazelle, the slyness of a fox, the softness of a kitten and to top it all off, he adds the mysterious mind of a woman.

A little girl likes new shoes, party dresses, small animals, first grade, noise makers, a girl next door, dolls, make-believe, dancing lessons, ice cream, kitchens, coloring books, make-up, cans of water, going visiting, tea parties, and one boy. She doesn’t care so much for visitors, boys in general, large dogs, hand-me-down, straight-chairs, vegetables, snowsuits, or staying in the front yard.

She is loudest when you are thinking, the prettiest when she has provoked you, the busiest at bedtime, the quietest when you want to show her off, and the most flirtatious when she absolutely must not get the best of you again. Who else can cause you more grief, joy irritation, satisfaction embarrassment, and genuine delight than this combination of Eve, Salome, and Florence Nightingale?  

She can muss up your home, your hair, and your dignity—spend your money, your time, and your patience—and just when your temper is ready to crack, her sunshine peeks through and you’ve lost again. Yes, she is a nerve-wracking nuisance, just a noisy bundle of mischief. But when your dreams tumble down and the world is a mess—when it seems you are pretty much a fool after all—she can make you a king when she climbs on your knee and whispers, “I love you best of all!”

–Alan Marshall Beck

"A Woman Should Be 3 Things..." R. H. Sin Quotes

"A woman should be 3 things: 

intelligent, strong, and bad ass..."

-R. H. Sin

"I Was Born to Be..." Quote by Anonymous Author

'A Good Woman' originally from girlsguideto.com

28 Beautiful Marilyn Monroe Quotes on Life, Love & Happiness

 

I have adored Marilyn Monroe since I was a little girl. However, until recently I wasn't aware of the wisdom and insight she had shown off-stage. I am currently reading a collection of letters, poetry and journal entries by the blonde bombshell, entitled 'Fragments' (2010). 

According to the website, brightdrops.com, the following 28 quotes by the legendary Marilyn Monroe "provide a glimpse into the fast and furious life she led...They show that she had a thing or two to say about life, love, and how to be happy, and she had a lot of credibility due to the life she led..." The URL for the original source can be found conclusion of this post.

1. "We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."

2. "Keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."

3. "Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together."

4. "If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have gotten anywhere."

5. "You never know what life is like until you have lived it."

6. "A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night."

7. "Beneath the make-up and behind the smile, I am just a girl who wishes for the world."

8. "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."

9. "I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else."

10. "A girl doesn't need anyone that doesn't need her."

11. "If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of the pretty."

12. "Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything."

13. "It's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

14. "In spite of everything, life is not without hope."

15. "All a girl really wants from a guy is for him to prove to her that they are not all the same."

16. "If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything."

17. "Fear is stupid. So are regrets."

18. "It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone."

19. "I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it."

20. "I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it."

21. "I am good but not an angel. I do sing but I am not the devil."

22. "I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love."

23. "I don't stop when I'm tired. I only stop when I'm done."

24. "Dreaming about being an actress is more exciting than being one."

25. "I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful."

26. "Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right."

27. "I restore myself when I'm alone."

28. "All I want is to be loved for myself and for my talents."

Original Source: [ http://brightdrops.com/marilyn-monroe-quotes ]

9 Amy Poehler Quotes to Remind You What's Important

1. ) Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.

2. ) Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.

3. ) Taking risks and making choices is what makes life so exciting.

4. ) The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have and not obsess about what don't have, the happier you will be.

5. ) If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with, without denigrating or insulting them, then you may actually be heard, or you might even change their mind.

6. ) Accepting love is very hard, but it's so nourishing when we do. Therefore, we have something to give back to someone else.

7. ) Apologies can be simple; they don't have to be grandiose, and it's never to late to apologize.

8. ) If someone asks you why you're crying, you can just say: 'Because of how wrong you are'.

9. ) You deserve love and you'll get it.

[Original Source: mashable.com/2013/16/amy-poehler-quotes/]

Life: Loosen Your Death-Grip on the Steering Wheel and Enjoy the Thrill of It - Quote by Marianne Paige

"You have no idea what you're doing yet you make all these crucial decisions every day. It's like driving at night with the headlights off and you have to keep going full-speed because that's how life is. You try to think through every  possible action and outcome, like which college to pick? And which job to go for and which supermarket to go to today and should you really buy that pint of Ben & Jerry's? But you don't know and you're a fool if you think you do. The 'best decision' may actually be the worst one. Your top choice college may send you head-first into a spiraling depression because the only person that could have helped was at the closest community college. It's like driving down a road you thought you knew and you think you're supposed to turn left at the next stoplight but what you don't know is that you missed the stoplight five miles back and there's no way to turn around. Our perspectives are so narrow that there's no possible way any one of us could consciously make the right decision about anything, yet we still try because it gives us some false sense of control, like we actually have a say in what happens to us. You can choose what you do but you can't choose how that ultimately affects your life and it's terrifying. You don't know how one simple choice could throw your whole life off balance. So this is what I'm saying: stop trying so goddamn hard to make everything work out perfectly. Just live your life. Stress out about it once in a while but then loosen your death-grip on the steering wheel and enjoy the thrill of it."

-Marianna Paige

"Your Mother is Always With You..." J. K. Fiala-Watson Quote

"Your mother is always with you – She’s the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street. She’s the smell of certain foods you remember, flowers you pick, the fragrance of life itself. She’s the cool hand on your brow when you’re not feeling well. She’s your breath in the air on a cold winter’s day. She is the sound of the rain that lulls you to sleep, the colors of a rainbow; she is Christmas morning. Your mother lives inside your laughter. She’s the place you came from, your first home, and she’s the map you follow with every step you take. She’s your first love, you r first friend, even your first enemy, but nothing on earth can separate you – not time, not space, not even death.” 

–J. K. Fiala-Watson

Polish Proverb on 'Drama'

Osho 'Creativity' Quote

"To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it." -Osho 

Anna Quindlen 'Books' Quote

Poem from the Typewriter Series by Tyler Knot Gregson

Sisterhood Quotes from KeepInspiring.Me Website

Sisterhood Quotes from KeepInspiring.Me Web Site

If You Have a Sister or Brother and He or She Die, Do You Stop Having One?...

Live Wild, Flower Child

LIVE WILD, FLOWER CHILD: Such an amazing motto for every free-spirited gypsy soul, boho girl, or hippy chick on the planet... This short quip reminds me of both, summertime and the pop-country song, 'Wild Child' by Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter...  lyrics are HERE...

This is also the first quote image I've created this year...Hope you like it....Have a great weekend!!!

xxLexy

“Never Fuck Me Over” Tony Montana Quote from the 1983 Oliver Stone Film ‘Scarface’

This is a philosophy I personally live by. Being loyal to the bitter end has become second nature, and is incredibly easy because rules #1 and #3 exist….

Black Butterfly By Robert M. Drake

 

Excerpts and Images from Robert M. Drake's most recent publication, Black Butterfly

Dedicated
"To all who have a dream, to all who struggle two jobs to get by, to all who have been ignored all their lives, to all who feel empty, to all who cannot sleep because there is so much in their mind, to all who have died a little in the name of love, to all who are called 'weird, strange and odd', to all who create because that is the only thing they know how to do, to all who believe in something, to all who breathe and to all who are no longer with us, this one is for you"

"The world is filled with broken people with broken lives searching for broken love. And that is why being alone has never felt so good.
I can't see myself with the crowd, I never have."

Bright Moons
"There was a flower in her heart; it just needed more room to bloom. And when she set it free, she showed the world that sometimes the most beautiful things can grow in the darkest of places without the need of light."

Letting Go
"The hard part is pretending not to give a fuck when you really do.
The worst part is trying to close your heart when its doors have been blown to pieces."

Imagine
"There is something far greater than death and that is to be ignored. Sometimes I think of all the faces I have come across and all the faces I have forgotten and how terrible it is to come and go.
Imagine you meet someone, and completely forget they existed the next day. In a way, this is how we all live our lives. We tend to only care about the moment that makes us feel something; until we completely devour the life out of them and move on to the next moment that might make us feel like we are all worth a little more than that of the night before."

Drowing In You
"Maybe I am a little crazy; crazy enough to love madly and crazy enough to love like pain was never meant to reach the shore."

Changing Tides
"There is nothing more dangerous to any form of government than an entire generation who knows how to dream and believe in themselves enough to change and reinvent it all."

It Does Not Hurt
"Maybe it is just the way we are when we are with each other. We cannot get it together or agree on anything. And maybe that's what attracts us; the fact that you and I know what is best for one another, but we are just too afraid to accept it. Either way, I am not sure if I can ever let go because deep down inside of me everything begins to hurt the moment I feel like looking away."

Finding Nothing
"And for one I did not know where to begin, I felt like I have been looking for a love that I have already lost."

Beautiful Chaos
"Chaos, leave me never, keep me wild and keep me free so that my brokenness will be the only beauty the world will see."

Unheard Glory
"If there is something you must know before I let you go, it is this: in your journey you will meet broken people, hateful people, and people who have lost the sight for their glory.
And the beauty of it all is this: I will tell you to love them, to love them deeply and show them how some of us still care. Never give up on them, for to give up on them is to destroy a reflection of ourselves."

I'm Sorry I Left
"I understand you just wanted someone to reach you, when you felt like you have been gone for sometime now. Maybe I failed you and maybe things could have been different. If only I had known, then perhaps, when I returned, you would have stayed the same."

Run Closer
"There are some days where i feel like no matter where I go, I always end up feeling the same, because all places are the same in the end. Or maybe it's just me and no matter where I go, I could never run far enough from who I am, and I could never run far enough from everything that hurts."

Small Heroes
"How beautifully blind are we to ignore the smallest things in us, for in us, that give us the power to do the most brilliant things."

No Air Here
"I cannot say that I do not want to drown. I just hope it is you that will be there when I let go because you are the reason I lose my breath every time I try to breathe."

A Lover's Smile
"The most dangerous lover is one who greets the pain with a smile."

Night Beast
"And every once in awhile it would hit me; the horrifying truth of being alone. And it did not matter if I was with good or bad company. I would slowly feel the violent pull of loneliness shaking inside of me like a wild beast in the night."

Terrible Darkness
"And when I look back at my life, when I looked back at it all, I clearly saw how bad times really meant everything, and how every moment of happiness revolved around some kind of terrible darkness.
Sometimes the darkness was a beautiful thing and sometimes it took me to a place where I had no idea where it all could go, but I knew it was all meant to be okay."

Lovely Madness
"You look at lovers, the way they are with each other and it makes you sick, for how could two people be in love and then the next day can be complete strangers. And when you think about love, you feel that it must be something only crazy people do...until it finds you, because it will. And when it does it will grab you and shake the madness out of you, only to discover that, that little touch of crazy has always been inside you too.
Love is beautiful but love too can be terrible."

Goodbye Tonight
"We will not be the same after tonight and knowing this we still smile and say goodbye. This is how it operates, this is how change happens."

The Last Request
"I'm sorry I can't save the world; I don't want any part in that. I just want to be remembered in a way where I can mean everything to one person and save them, save them from all the insecurities this world has created."

Be Better
"How are we supposed to love one another when we barely love ourselves. We are so much better than what they want us to be."

Heaven & Hell
"I found heaven and hell in people and those places could never be ignored, because there are more truths buried deep within us than any science or religion would ever allow to reveal.
These are the hidden secrets.
We are all our own form of destruction, and our existence is an act of our own choices."

Forgetting How
"Too often we feel like we don't know how to live, and too often someone will tell you how; without them even knowing how to live for themselves."

Confused Letters
"Because sometimes, the people we need to save us, are really the people who need the saving for themselves."

What I Meant to Say
"People are all the same, but you and I, we're not like them. So to say that we'll both stay isn't you and it isn't me either. We're tragically drawn to one another and eventually we'll fall apart. So let's enjoy whatever it is that we have, because when we're done, I wouldn't know what else to give you other than just another story. And that alone might be the most beautiful thing we'll ever live to tell."

Scars & Dreams
"Sometimes, your scars have a lot less to do with where you have been and a lot more to do with where you are going."

Beautiful Horrors
"Leave your horrors with me, they are beautiful. Leave all the things you have always wanted to forget and leave everything else that hurts. I will show you that you are not crazy. You are just a little different and I have been a sucker for that."

Types of Feelings
"You begin to feel like you are not yourself lately. You begin to laugh and you begin to smile a little more often. And for a second time you begin to discover yourself again.
This is the kind of feeling people have when they start to believe in something bigger than themselves. And this is the kind of feeling I get when I am lost; submerged somewhere deep inside of your soul."

Be Destroyed
"There must be about a million ways to let yourself be destroyed, but then there is you and I think tonight I am in the mood to break apart and let myself be consumed by all the things I know I would never be able to recover from."

Beautiful Words
"You are going to come across people in your life who will inspire you, love you and change you. And that is a rare thing. But every once in awhile you will come across someone who will completely rob you from your sleep, and those are the people who are just too beautiful to put into words."

No Sleep
"Dreams were always drawn to call her name and reality just could not learn to let her go."

Nothing is Left
"Some people are meant to stay while others are meant to leave. And there is really no difference between the two except the way you change after you realize you have nothing else left to give."

Made Myself
"I made myself from all the photographs I never took, from all the love I never received and from all the moments that never happened. And it has been too real, it has been a beautiful struggle; one that has always reminded me of how easy it was to laugh."

"May your flame live within my heart and continue to inspire me through every waking hour."