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Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness. -Henrik Ibsen
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Going back to the origin is called peace; it means reversion
to destiny. Reversion to destiny is called eternity. Those
who know eternity are called enlightened.
Lao-Tzu0 -
It's a Tuesday night. My mastectomy/reconstruction was July 2021. I just had revision and reconstruction/lift on 12/22. Hubby just "wrapped" me. Needing to watch how I move. The wrong way and I get a screaming pain from the incisions that lasts a minute or two. I am a whiny mess today.
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In spite of illness, in spite even of the arch-enemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways. -Edith Wharton
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Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest
human values--honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity,
compassion, humility, courage, personal
responsibility, courtesy, and human service.
Michael DeBakey0 -
will greet this day with love in my heart.
And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and
I will be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will
love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me
the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will
welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness
for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due;
yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.
Og Mandino0 -
"Let our New Year's resolution be this: We will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word."
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One does not need to fast for days and meditate for hours at a time to experience the sense of sublime mystery which constantly envelops us All one need do is to notice intelligently, if even for a brief moment, a blossoming tree, a forest flooded with autumn colors, an infant smiling.
Simon Greenberg
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I am a child of God, created by God and created to express spiritual attributes. I share a divine heritage with everyone I meet, and this awareness creates an atmosphere of goodwill in which I can grow and learn and achieve. Because I am a child of God, living and learning in a world of great possibilities, there is always hope—hope for what I desire to accomplish and hope for what I believe I can and will do. So whatever it is that I set out to do, I do it with the understanding that I am God's child. I know that I fit in and feel right at home with the rest of God's family. -unattributed
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Are you balanced? Do you share your time, your energy, your life, as much with yourself as you do with those around you? Know your limits. You are one of the most important people you need to look after and love. Balance your time, your energy, your life with those around you. You'll be able to give more freely and joyfully as a result, and you'll be more open to the gifts of the universe. It's not wrong to give to others. But it's okay to say yes to ourselves, too.
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Pour forth all the odor, color, charm, and happiness you have to all your friends, to your home, to your daily society, to the poor and sorrowful, the joyous and the prosperous. Charm the world by love. Brighten darkened lives, soften the rude, make a sunshine of peace in stormy places, cover the faults and follies of people with the flowers of love. Love others, and you will spread the delight of youth over all you meet, and in doing so you will live intensely: for you will have within not only your own life, but also the lives of all whom you bless by love. That is the best religion, the very life of God. That is to be at one with him whose smile kindles the universe, whose love, moving in the spring, is the beauty that enchants our senses and heart, and inspires our soul. -Stopford A. Brooke
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Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves with other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being… You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. You are "number one" when you do the best you can with what you have, every day. -Zig Ziglar
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"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment."
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The future is simply infinite possibility waiting to happen. What it waits
on is human imagination to crystallize its possibility.
Leland Kaiser0 -
Living consciously reflects the conviction that sight is preferable
to blindness; that respecting the facts of reality is more satisfying
than denying them; that evasion does not make the unreal real
or the real unreal; that it is better to correct your mistakes that
to pretend they do not exist; and that the more conscious you
are of facts bearing on your life and goals, the more
wisely and effectively you can act.
Nathaniel Branden0 -
Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing so gentle as real strength.
Ralph Sockman0 -
Real courage is a bold adventure in walking forward without looking back. With courage you welcome each new experience as an opportunity to exercise your positive energy in a productive, purposeful direction. You are not afraid of what you do not know; you become eager to learn it. You do not hesitate to extend your efforts into unfamiliar areas because unfamiliar does not mean unfriendly. Real courage is an exercise in facing the truth and allowing it to change your life for the better even when that requires loosening the shackles of habit and responding to old situations in new ways. -Renee Okon
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To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are--always!
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We are all flowers in the Great Spirit's garden. We share a
common root, and the root is Mother Earth. The garden is
beautiful because it has different colors in it, and those colors
represent different traditions and cultural backgrounds.
Grandfather David Monongye (Hopi)0 -
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I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respect. -Neil Simon
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To find the gold of truth often means getting a more universal viewpoint
of life, of yourself, of everything that comprises your world. The
greatness and power of many souls of the past resulted in their seeing
in a higher context than perhaps the average person. They knew
where to look to find the golden nuggets of truth. Time does not
prevent us from knowing these higher truths; our stage
of consciousness makes the difference.
John Marks Templeton0 -
I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful, and reliable—and happiness sneaks into their lives while they are busy doing those things. It is a by-product, never a primary goal. - Harold S. Kushner
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To be a miracle worker you do not have to get a doctoral
degree, become a minister, eat a particular food, or be
able to meditate for long hours. All you need to do is to
begin to see beauty in your life and those around you.
Alan Cohen0 -
The trouble with us is that we expect too much from the great happenings, the unusual things, and we overlook the common flowers on the path of life, from which we might abstract sweets, comforts, delights.
Orison Swett Marden
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Ego could be defined as whatever covers up basic goodness. From an
experiential point of view, what is ego covering up? It's covering up
our experience of just being here, just fully being where we are,
so that we can relate with the immediacy of our experience. Egolessness
is a state of mind that has complete confidence in the sacredness
of the world. It is unconditional well being, unconditional joy
that includes all the different qualities of our experience.
Pema Chodron0 -
"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly,
cheerful, reverent—that is to triumph over old age."
— THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
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We are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood.
To hate people because they were born in another country,
because they speak a different language, or because they
take a different view on this subject or that, is a great folly.
Desist, I implore you, for we are all equally human. . . .
Let us have but one end in view: the welfare of humanity.
Johann Amos Comenius0 -
Something I realized a few years ago in one of those "Of course--I should have
realized that all along!" moments is that encouragement is absolutely free. It doesn't
cost me a cent to give it out, but its payoff is incredible. A brighter smile, improved
performance on any sort of task, much more enjoyment in doing something--I see these
in people constantly when I or someone else encourages them. I often read stories by
adults who have succeeded in life largely in part because just one person saw their
potential and encouraged them when they were younger, and they have never
forgotten those people or their words. Wouldn't you love to feel that something
like that would be possible with you as the remembered person? I know
that I would, but unless I plant the seeds today, that sort
of harvest will never come to pass.
tom walsh0
