A Doris Lessing quote

Date 23 July 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something inspirational: “Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.” DORIS LESSING Thinking for yourself means more than having your own opinions. It means owning your words, your choices, and ...
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A quote by James Hollis

Date 22 July 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something inspirational: "We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose to become.” JAMES HOLLIS "I am drawn to James Hollis's words: 'We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose ...
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A Tara Brach quote

Date 21 July 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something inspirational: "Healing begins when we can hold our own experience with compassion." TARA BRACH Brach's quote reminds us that healing begins when we meet our pain with kindness instead of judgement ...
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The Courage to Tell the Truth

Date 17 July 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something true: "A writer's greatest gift isn't imagination – it's the willingness to tell the truth." ILANA ESTELLE Be authentic. Have the courage to be vulnerable. The truth may not always be the loudest voice, but it is almost ...
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A quote by Henri J. M. Nouwen

Date 13 July 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something inspirational: "When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our ...
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A Simone Weil quote

Date 10 July 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something inspirational: "The love of our neighbour in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him: 'What are you going through?'" SIMONE WEIL Simone Weil reminds us that real compassion begins by ...
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Another quote by Hellen Keller

Date 6 July 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something inspirational: “What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.” HELLEN KELLER Helen Keller’s quote, “What I’m looking for is not out there, it is in me,” reminds us that the answers we are searching for are often ...
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A Hannah Gadsby quote

Date 2 July 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something reflective: “Laughter is not our medicine. Stories hold our cure.” HANNAH GADSBY Gadsby's quote reminds us that every experience leaves its mark, but it is through reflection that experience ...
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A quote by Gordon B Hinckley

Date 27 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
A Gentle Reminder: “Being humble means that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.” GORDON B. HINCKLEY True humility is ...
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A Zora Neale Hurston quote

Date 24 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Food for thought: "There are years that ask questions and years that answer." ZORA NEALE HURSTON The CP Diary is there for both. For the days when you're figuring things out, and for the moments when everything ...
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A quote by Tom Stoppard

Date 19 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something inspirational: “Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child.” TOM STOPPARD, The Coast of Utopia Stoppard's words resonated with me. I found myself thinking ...
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A Lisa Kleypas quote

Date 18 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle
Something inspirational: “I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right ...
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