Illinois ladies facing bc
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I'm not here to be small, to compare, to judge (myself or you),to fit in or to be perfect. I'm here to grow, to learn, to love, to be human.
Sue Fitzmaurice
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The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.
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When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.
Patanjali
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Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross0 -
Opinion is a flitting thing,
But Truth outlasts the Sun--
If then we cannot own them both--
Possess the oldest one.
Emily Dickinson
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Life is short. Each year passes more quickly than the previous one. It’s easy to deny yourself many of life’s simple pleasures because you want to be practical. Forget about practical and decide instead to become a joy collector. Always be on the lookout for gifts without ribbons. God is strewing them across your path right now. His gifts come tagged with a note: “Life can be wonderful. Do your best not to miss it!” Enjoy what it is before it isn’t anymore. . . . Dare to slip on a pair of bunny slippers once in a while! Surprise yourself! Enjoy the little things because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things!
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What is important is to realize that whether we understand fully who we are or what will happen when we die, it's our purpose to grow as human beings, to look within ourselves, to find and build upon that source of peace and understanding and strength that is our individual self. And then to reach out to others with love and acceptance and patient guidance in the hope of what we may become together.
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An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the wind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
Washington Irving
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One of my all time favorites:
You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are
peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and
courage, a helper in time of need, a comforter in time of sorrow, a healer
in time of injury, a teacher in times of confusion. You are the deepest
wisdom and the highest truth; the greatest peace and the grandest love.
You are these things. And in moments of your life you have
known yourself as these things.
Choose now to know yourself as these things always.
Neale Donald Walsch
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Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community.
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The heart's seasons seldom coincide with the calendar. Who among us has not been made desolate beyond all words upon some golden day when the little creatures of the air and meadow were life incarnate, from sheer joy of living? Who among us has not come home, singing, when the streets were almost impassable with snow, or met a friend with a happy, smiling face, in the midst of a pouring rain?
Myrtle Reed
Old Rose and Silver
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Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
Believe Instead of separation and division, all distinctions make for a rich diversity to be celebrated for the sake of unity that underlies them. We are different so that we can know our need of one another.
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I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.
Pete Hamill
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Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.
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Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you are gone. There is a good reason for becoming better than you are .There is a place that you alone can fill.
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Posting here in memory of our dear Jackie (illinoislady), who took over this thread from ritajean who started it. She left us, quickly & peacefully, on August 3. I can't duplicate her endless trove of wonderful quotes; but I know so many of us on these forums live in Illinois, whether in Chicagoland or downstate (as she did, in Centralia). Reaching out to harley07 and chicagoan to pick up the baton. At one point we even tried to have an in-person get-together (helmed by the irrepressible camillegal from Lombard, who left us a couple of years ago).
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