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"The greatest thing, you'll ever learn. Is just to love. And be loved in return." (differing opinions on the author) |
"All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary."
~Sally Ride "A change in attitude can change your life" ~Sasha Azevedo "So when you are listening to somebody, completely attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it." Jiddu Krishnanmurti |
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.--Aristotle
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It's true that many good things are happening in the world, but we shouldn't be ignoring the progression of our many silent cancers. Part of being spiritual is being alert not just to love and what it can do to save us, but also to our shadows and what they can do to hurt us. The systematic perpetration of income inequality...climate change...child poverty in America...mass incarceration... the corruption of our food supply...limits on civil rights....the spiritual seeker should be leading, not ignoring, the efforts to course-correct nationally. The principles are the same with national healing as with personal healing: darkness has to come up in order to be released. It must be consciously acknowledged and surrendered, or else it cannot be removed.
Today, there's a kind of negative stasis...too much acceptance of things that should not be accepted...acquiescence to incremental approaches to problems for which a mere incremental approach is an inadequate mode of improvement. These are urgent times, and the relative quietude of the moment is a bit like the quiet before a storm. Sort of like the 90's, I'm afraid...and then came 9/11. From what I can see as I travel the country, many people are doing the right things....we just need to step it up! Push the pedal to the metal! Do whatever it is we know in our hearts we're supposed to do....and do it NOW!!! ~ Marianne Williamson |
A good life is when we assume nothing do more need less smile often dream big laugh a lot and realized how blessed you are :angel: |
When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow. - Anmol Andore
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_____The older the soul - the softer the glance - the quicker the smile and the sooner to say "I love you."
SO ... be utterly fearless...speak your heart... (ldw) |
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"Be thankful for what is. And be thankful also for what has not yet come to you. For that is where the possibilities are. And those possibilities have no limit." ~Ralph Marston |
Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change. Stephen R. Covey |
Perhaps I am stronger than I think.--Thomas Merton
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“Do not be afraid; our fate
cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.” ― Dante Alighieri, Inferno “A man that runs from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien “Wisdom is having things right in your life and knowing why.” ― William Edgar Stafford |
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince |
“You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?” — Edward Albee
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“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.” - Benjamin Franklin
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LOVE is not three words mumbled before bedtime - love is sustained by action - by devotion - by [action] of devotion consistency of devotion - in the things you do for the one you love...not just (some) times but EACH and every day. (ldw)
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“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”— Daphne du Maurier
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Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby. - Ruth E Renkel
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To watch us dance is to hear our heart's speak. :heartbeat:
~Indian proverb |
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