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2010
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Hoping For…
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. – Epicurus desire Desire is a double-edged…
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Certainty About God
Increasing happiness is always the experience of all who are certain about God. – The Urantia Papers ultimate safety When you’re certain about God, then you’re certain about your…
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Do To Others, Do Unto Yourself
He that does good to another does good also to himself. – Seneca the fallacy We sometimes live a fallacy that when we have a tiff with someone it’s ok to not make up and just…
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Book Idea (your support requested)!
Hello! On a whim I joined this author contest, which is a good thing because now I’m forced to think of the book that I’ve always wanted to write and take action in that…
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Right Action
There is no power greater than right action in the present moment. – Yoga Vasistha right action What is it? That which is optimum for right now, given all circumstances and…
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Do Your Own Thing
Listen to everything, forget much, correct little. – Pope John XXIII ears open Daily life offers many treasures that we sometimes, actually often, overlook. We ignore beauty that…
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Soul Motive
Do not take thought for your persons or your properties, but first and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that the virtue is not given by…
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Leap And Grow…
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. – Henry Miller real growth Is only possible when we leap off the cliff in this…
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Expectations & Assumptions
Assumptions are the termites of relationships. – Henry Winkler our experience wells We’re born into families, cultures and stories; through them we shape our lives which include…
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True To Self… (Next quote on Monday April 5th!)
This above all: to thine own self be true. – Polonius, Hamlet, William Shakespeare mother of all quotes! This is indeed the grand daddy of all quotes. It succinctly encapsulates…
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The Core Within
Hear from the heart wordless mysteries! Understand what cannot be understood! In man’s stone-dark heart there burns a fire That burns all veils to their root and foundation. When…
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The Creative Place
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your…
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Celebrate Life!
Just show up, be present, open every door and let events unfold. Life is your stage. This is your parade. – The Universe you’re already successful Count the ways in which you’ve…
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Only One Path …
So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind, while just the art of being kind, is all the sad world needs. – Ella Cox Wheeler many paths There are indeed…
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Feeling Blue?
I just believe that optimism is the best policy. But, sometimes it’s difficult to be optimistic when you feel a little down. At those times, I’ve found that a small act of…
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Happier
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. – Martin Luther King Jr resentments weigh us down…
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Slow And Steady…
There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting. – Milan Kundera haste makes waste We’re always in a hurry. To get where? To do what? Are we…
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Contentment Is…
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. – Lao-tzu look around Life is bountiful.…
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Growing Or Shrinking?
Every moment of one’s existence, one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit. – Norman Mailer what’s going on?…
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You Are Safe!
You may be surrounded with small enemies and be retarded by many obstacles, but the big things and the real things of this world and the universe are on your side. – Jesus, The…
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Change Happening!
Change is the law of life. – John F. Kennedy understand the law Notice the change that’s always in motion. The day passes, we grow older, the keys on a keyboard slowly smoothen…
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Finding Real Security
True security is found in an inward relationship with Reality, not in an outward relationship with a man. Self-change toward lasting happiness proceeds from the inner to the…
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Create Your Life
The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to…
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Don’t Stay Blind
If there is no meditation, then you are like a blind man in a world of great beauty, light and colour. – J Krishnamurthi what is meditation? Meditation is different things to…
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Do You Hear What They Hear?
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. – Angela Monet imagine .. not even knowing what music might sound like? Because you’ve been…
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Read To Alter Your Life
Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us and the book that could change our lives. – Jim Rohn problem…
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Relationship Success
The secret of many a man’s success in the world resides in his insight into the moods of men and his tact in dealing with them. – J. G. Holland looking deeper We’re so often…
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Emotional Freedom!
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. – attributed to Helen Keller avoiding negativity It’s well known that focusing on the positive is supposed to be good…
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A Balanced Lifestyle!
Don’t let success go to your head – and if you fail, don’t let failure go there either! – Jane Seabrook & Ashleigh Brilliant cockiness We do many things successfully; watch how it…
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Growing…
If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven’t done much today. – Mikhail Gorbachev progressive growth When we have kids we want them to grow, progressively.…
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Love Is All We Need…
If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don’t have it, no matter what else there is it’s not enough. – Ann Landers no brainer Love is…
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Simplicity
The more simple we are, the more complete we become. – Auguste Rodin what is simplicity? Simplicity is when we just are, our minds are not constantly racing and figuring things…
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On The Balcony!
When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about. – Albert Einstein our…
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Melt the Snow!
One kind word can warm three snowy peaks. – Japanese proverb a little goes a long way A sincere smile, an acknowledgement via the eyes, a warm hand-shake, a heart-felt pat on the…
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Smile :-)
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. our job Is to be happy…
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The Magnet
There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first – Yogananda form a habit Most of us think of us first. What…
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It’s Right Here!
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. – John Burroughs running away? Why is the grass always greener on the other side?…
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How to Change the World…
You want a better, more fraternal, more just world? Well then, start building it: Who is stopping you? Build it inside yourself and around you, build it with those who want it.…
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The Art of Creating
Silence is a receptive space. – Barbara De Angelis be still Creation comes from silence. There’s a pause, a space between each of our thoughts. Pay attention to that space. That’s…
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The Present…
You often overlook the choicest things in life because they’re so easy to obtain – the sunrise and the sunset, the starry host on a clear night, the taste of fresh clean air, the…