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Quotes - 2013, Stillness

Taking Life Too Seriously?

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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.  – Bertrand Russell

seriously?

Life is more about fun than just getting things done! Most of us take life and our goals a bit too seriously. No one is going to miss us at work in the longer run if we just disappeared.

enjoy

How much do we enjoy each day? When did we last smell a rose? Are we missing out on life?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM here, now…

Recommendation: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Quotes - 2013

How To Respond?

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[We may] respond to any situation with either love, generosity and trust; or with fear, self-concern suspicion.  – Rebel Angel Georgia

world view

What is our world view? Are we fearful and concerned? Or are we hopeful and trusting?

respond

It’s critical that we fine tune our world view and respond accordingly in each moment or situation. Our well-being and that of the planet depends on it!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM responding with love and trust!

Recommendation: Confessions of a Rebel Angel by Timothy Wyllie

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Quotes - 2013

How To Be Free Forever

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You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care nor your nights without a want and a grief.

But rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound.  – Kahlil Gibran

life

Problems will forever abound. Life is such. We are in the pit of reality. Emotional and physical struggle are inevitable. We’re in the trying grounds of the Universe!

be the lotus

However we can be like the lotus. We’re in it and yet above it. We may suffer but can still maintain the right perspective. We see it all and yet revel in the wellspring of joy that springs within…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM like the Lotus!

Recommendation: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

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Quotes - 2013

Why Love?

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From success you get lots of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.  – Sam Goldwyn

inside job

True success is an inside job. Real happiness can only come from this internal work that we do. It’s up to us.

love

Love really is the end. And it’s also the means. When we tie the means and the end together we get an unbroken stream of never-ending love. And that’s a super successful life!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM love from inside and out.

Recommendation: Love: What Life Is All About by Leo F. Buscaglia

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Quotes - 2013, Stillness

How To Spend Our Time?

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In time and space, the journey is the destination.  – Namaste Now!

destination?

I asked about the destination. Was told that while we’re in time and space the journey is almost endless. Therefore the journey is the destination itself. Focus on the ‘here and now’.

purpose

I probed further, ‘What’s our purpose?’. Learn to love and serve, I was unequivocally informed…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM loving and serving!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2013, Stillness

How To Feel Better!

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You are beautiful.  – Neale Donald Walsch

beautiful?

Whenever we’re feeling blue chances are that we’re not enjoying healthy self-esteem. We don’t think we count for much. To feel better we compare our lot with others. This strategy never works.

valuable

Instead let us realize that we’re unique creations of the divine. In all of time and all of space no one like us has ever appeared or ever will be created. Let’s celebrate this astounding gift and enjoy it daily!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM beautiful!

Recommendation: The Only Thing That Matters by Neale Donald Walsch

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Quotes - 2013

How To Make Friends…

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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.  – Chinese Proverb

others

When we’re not at peace we may attack others mercilessly. We don’t care how much it might hurt the other, we just enjoy hurling fury at the other. Let’s hold back…

friends

Friends are priceless. Those who are not friends today can be friends tomorrow. Let’s never forget the gift that friends are in our lives. Let’s love and appreciate them, daily!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM loving my friends!

Recommendation: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki

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