“Fall seven times, get up eight times.”
Julie Caplin – The Little Teashop in Tokyo (24.3.2026)
Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.
Rumi
Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.
I have tried prudent planning long enough.
From now on, I’ll be mad.
“You have 86,400 seconds today. Did you use one to smile?” (P. 29)
Julie Caplin – The Little Brooklyn Bakery
Set your life on fire. Find those who love your flame.
Rumi
“To be in darkness is to live at a minimum. To be full of life is to live at a maximum.” (P. 30)
OshO – Coming home to yourself (28.12.2025)
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“For me, spirituality simply means finding yourself.” (P. 135)
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“Give life to things that are beautiful. Don’t give life to ugly things. You don’t have much time, don’t waste energy. Such a short life and such a small source of energy is simply foolish to waste it on sadness, anger, hatred, jealousy. Use it for love, for creative actions, friendship, meditation; use it for something that will elevate all of them. And the higher you are, the more energy sources will be available to you.” (P. 132)
Pomisli na ves čas, ko si ga preživel, da si se sovražil. Pomisli na vse ljudi, ki so ti govorili, da je narobe, da si to, kdo si. Pomisli, kako zelo obupno si si želel, da bi bil nekdo drug.
Chris Colfer – The tale of magic; 11.12.2026)
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Vem, da del tebe še vedno sovraži samega sebe, ker si drugačen. Del tebe še vedno živi v strahu pred resnico! Del tebe še vedno verjame, da si ne zaslužiš, da obstajaš! In del tebe še vedno verjame, da nikoli ne boš ljubljen takšen, kot si. In vem, kako se počutiš, zato ker se vsi počutimo tako!
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Ampak ne rabiš se več počutiti tako – nihče od nas ne! Nehaj prenašati ves ta sram naokoli. Nehaj si želeti, da bi se spremenil! Nehaj skrbeti, da nihče ne bo ljubil resničnega tebe! Nihče od nas se nima ničesar sramovati! Nihče od nas ne rabi spremeniti ničesar! In mi se bomo vedno ljubili in sprejemali. Zato zdaj spusti sovraštvo in strah, ki so ga drugi ljudje vcepili vate! Spusti zdaj to, da tega nikoli več ne boš rabil čutiti! (Str.441)
My “happy place” – Ivan Potrč Library Ptuj.
*A wonderful selection of books also in English!
“The fact that you have made mistakes in the past, or that others have treated you wrongly, should not shape your destiny. You can always choose another path that will make you happy with the things you have achieved and proud of the challenges you have faced.”
Mike Gayle – I love all his books (5.9.2025)
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“I had an exceptional teacher who recognized something special in me, and I was privileged to attend a school that expected great things from its students, but over time I realized that you can only achieve great things if you expect the same from yourself. … Maybe no one has ever expected much from you, or you live in the belief that you have nothing to show the world because of your mistakes. I tell you from experience, it’s not like that.”
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“We all fail sometimes, some of us may have something happen to us that makes us go astray, but each of us has the choice to pick ourselves up or stay down.
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