Quotes by C. JoyBell C.

Fiction is written with reality and reality is written with fiction. We can write fiction because there is reality and we can write reality because there is fiction; everything we consider today to be myth and legend, our ancestors believed to be history and everything in our history includes myths and legends. Before the splendid modern-day mind was formed our cultures and civilizations were conceived in the wombs of, and born of, what we identify today as fiction, unreality, myth, legend, fantasy, folklore, imaginations, fabrications and tall tales. And in our suddenly realized glory of all our modern-day advancements we somehow fail to ask ourselves the question Who designated myths and legends as unreality? But I ask myself this question because who decided that he was spectacular enough to stand up and say to our ancestors You were all stupid and disillusioned and imagining things and then why did we all decide to believe this person? There are many realities not just one. There is a truth that goes far beyond what we are told today to believe in. And we find that truth when we are brave enough to break away from what keeps everybody else feeling comfortable. Your reality is what you believe in. And nobody should be able to tell you to believe otherwise.

‎They are angry with me, because I know what I am. Said the little eagle. How do you know that they are angry with you? Because, they despise me for wanting to soar, they only want me to peck at the dirt, looking for ants, with them. But I cant do that. I dont have chicken feet, I have eagle wings. And what is so wrong with having eagle wings and no chicken feet? Asked the old owl. Im not sure, thats what Im trying to find out. They hate you because you know that you are an eagle and they want you to think you are a chicken so that you will peck at the ground looking for ants and worms, so that you will never know that you are an eagle and always think yourself a chicken. Let them hate you, they will always be chickens, and you will always be an eagle. You must fly. You must soar. Said the old owl.

Do you have a leather jacket? One for a ten-year-old boy? I asked the man selling leather jackets and gloves in Covent Garden, London. Yes, I have one right here! And the man dug out a fine leather jacket that looked styled and tailored for a young boy. Im buying this for my son I said to him. I love this jacket, its perfect, I think I will just come back for it tomorrow, though! Ill be back tomorrow, okay? And the man reached his arms above his head, and said with a big smile upon his face You only have one life to live! What is the difference if you do something today, or if you do it tomorrow? I thought about the mans words. And I bought the jacket. He was right, there is no difference, really, between doing something today and doing something tomorrow, when you only have one life to live! Afterall, tomorrow may never come! All you really have is today!

We cant be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you dont have something better.

There is no such thing as a broken family. Family is family, and is not determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents. Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. If you make those ties, those people are your family. And if you hate those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate will always be with you.

Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe.

You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself dont know it, all of that doesnt even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away. Its not like you have forever, so dont waste any of your seconds, dont throw even one of your moments away.

I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I dont want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. Its high time that I accept all the great things about me.

And I told him, I said: One day youre going to miss the subway because its not going to come. One of these days, its going to break down and its not going to come around and everyone else will just wait for the next one or will take the bus, or walk, or run to the next station: they will go on with their lives. And youre not going to be able to go on with your life! Youll be standing there, in the subway station, staring at the tube. Why? Because you think that everything has to happen perfectly and on time and when you think its going to happen! Well guess what! Thats not how things happen! And youll be the only one whos not going to be able to go on with life, just because your subway broke down. So you know what, youve got to let go, youve got to know that things dont happen the way you think theyre going to happen, but thats okay, because theres always the bus, theres always the next station...you can always take a cab.

I have realized; it is during the times I am far outside my element that I experience myself the most. That I see and feel who I really am, the most! I think thats what a comet is like, you see, a comet is born in the outer realms of the universe! But its only when it ventures too close to our sun or to other stars that it releases the blazing tail behind it and shoots brazen through the heavens! And meteors become sucked into our atmosphere before they burst like firecrackers and realize that theyre shooting stars! Thats why I enjoy taking myself out of my own element, my own comfort zone, and hurling myself out into the unknown. Because its during those scary moments, those unsure steps taken, that I am able to see that Im like a comet hitting a new atmosphere: suddenly I illuminate magnificently and fire dusts begin to fall off of me! I discover a smile I didnt know I had, I uncover a feeling that I didnt know existed in me... I see myself. Im a shooting star. A meteor shower. But Im not going to die out. I guess Im more like a comet then. Im just going to keep on coming back.

Our bodies have five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing. But not to be overlooked are the senses of our souls: intuition, peace, foresight, trust, empathy. The differences between people lie in their use of these senses; most people dont know anything about the inner senses while a few people rely on them just as they rely on their physical senses, and in fact probably even more.

Ends are not bad things, they just mean that something else is about to begin. And there are many things that dont really end, anyway, they just begin again in a new way. Ends are not bad and many ends arent really an ending; some things are never-ending.

There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love! The colors are like no other, they swim and leap, they trickle and embellish! And yet you choose to fixate your eyes on the small fly which has landed on it! Why do you do such a thing?

I am an extremely sincere individual. I am sincere, to a fault. One of the many things that I have come to realize, to learn, is that sincerity must be reserved and given only to those who deserve it. And one must save ones emotions, channeling them only to the people who are worthy of it. One must not throw ones pearls to the pigs.

Its definitely difficult being a woman and growing up a girl. When youre graceful, people say you lack personality; when youre serene, people say youre boring; when youre confident, people say youre arrogant; when youre feminine, people say youre too girly; and when you climb trees, people say youre too much of a tomboy! As a woman, you really need to develop a very strong sense of self and the earlier you can do that, the better! You have to be all the things that you are, without allowing other peoples ignorance change you! I realized that they dont know what grace is, they cant identify serenity, they have inferiority complexes, they are incapable of being feminine, and they dont know how to climb trees!

I believe in strong women. I believe in the woman who is able to stand up for herself. I believe in the woman who doesnt need to hide behind her husbands back. I believe that if you have problems, as a woman you deal with them, you dont play victim, you dont make yourself look pitiful, you dont point fingers. You stand and you deal. You face the world with a head held high and you carry the universe in your heart.

Sometimes the things that are felt the most are expressed between two souls over the distance and over time...where no words abide. And others may speak freely, live with one another freely, express themselves freely– just like everyone else, but then there is you... you have no words for proof of reassurance, no tokens of professed love, but you have something. Something worth keeping.

You can run away from yourself so often, and so much, just because the broken pieces of you cut your feet too deeply if you stay around for too long. But then what if someone were to come along and pick up those pieces for you? Then you wouldnt have to run away from yourself anymore. You could stop running. If someone sees you as something worth staying with— maybe youll stay with yourself, too.

There are still some wonderful people left in this world! They are diamonds in the rough, but theyre around! Youll find them when you fall down– theyre the ones who pick you up, who dont judge, and you had to fall down to see them! When you get up again, remember who your true friends are!

As you go about your daily life, you will encounter many lemons. Sour expressions, sour attitudes, sour auras! The good thing is that if you dont want to be a lemon, you dont have to be! Just dont let those lemons rub themselves all over you! And you dont even have to save them! Let lemons be lemons! One of the most important things that I have ever learned, is that I dont have to save people.