We are at a pivotal moment right here and right now … Where we go from here, what happens next depends on you. To those of you who believe the choice to ignore public health recommendations will not make a difference, this is not accurate and this is not acceptable.—Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health
We need to plank it.—Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”―Fred Rogers
Keep calm and wash your hands.—Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
Extremists have shown what frightens them most: a girl with a book.—Malala Yousafzai
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Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living it. Our health, diet and relationships suffer. We make mistakes at work. We struggle to relax, to enjoy the moment, even to get a decent night’s sleep.—Carl Honoré
My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what’s keeping my head above the water.—Kelly Clarkson
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…it is hard to argue that housing is not a fundamental human need. Decent, affordable housing should be a basic right for everybody in this country. The reason is simple: without stable shelter, everything else falls apart.―Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
—Louisa May Alcott
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It’s not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities.—Kristin Armstrong
