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Post by snowstorm on Sept 8, 2018 21:19:25 GMT
"There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself."
Laurell K. Hamilton
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Nov 27, 2018 19:22:11 GMT
Post by snowstorm on Nov 27, 2018 19:22:11 GMT
"Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance."
Yoko Ono
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Post by snowstorm on Dec 10, 2018 8:48:01 GMT
“You have a unique gift to offer this world. Be true to yourself, be kind to yourself, read and learn about everything that interests you and keep away from people who bring you down. When you treat yourself kindly and respect the uniqueness of those around you, you will be giving this world an amazing gift... YOU!”
Steve Maraboli
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Dec 19, 2018 12:01:11 GMT
Post by snowstorm on Dec 19, 2018 12:01:11 GMT
"My mind then wandered. I thought of this: I thought of how every day each of us experiences a few little moments that have just a bit more resonance than other moments—we hear a word that sticks in our mind—or maybe we have a small experience that pulls us out of ourselves, if only briefly—we share a hotel elevator with a bride in her veils, say, or a stranger gives us a piece of bread to feed to the mallard ducks in the lagoon; a small child starts a conversation with us in a Dairy Queen—or we have an episode like the one I had with the M&M cars back at the Husky station.
And if we were to collect these small moments in a notebook and save them over a period of months we would see certain trends emerge from our collection—certain voices would emerge that have been trying to speak through us. We would realize that we have been having another life altogether; one we didn’t even know was going on inside us. And maybe this other life is more important than the one we think of as being real—this clunky day-to-day world of furniture and noise and metal. So just maybe it is these small silent moments which are the true story-making events of our lives."
Douglas Coupland
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Dec 24, 2018 17:38:44 GMT
Post by Admin on Dec 24, 2018 17:38:44 GMT
Isaac Asimov once wrote:
"Not in one man, or one generation, can anything great be accomplished... mankind and life, in general, is a succession of generations in which it is enough to nurture a spark from hand to hand, always in the hope that the flame will catch at last."
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Post by Admin on Dec 28, 2018 12:00:04 GMT
Mystery’s Kiss
The steps up the mountain are challenging and steep, The treasures of the heart are mysterious and deep, Tried are we by their misperceptions and lies, The manifestations of their unknown disguise.
The crooked roads and twisted beliefs, And of our happiness they become a thief, Feeling wounded when maybe we’re not, Things we don’t release because our truth we forgot,
Step after step and stone after stone, After each initiation do we atone, Higher and higher we climb out of the mists, Where things are hidden by mystery’s kiss.
The more she detached, the stronger she became, Strengthening weaknesses so they could not maim. Healing wounds creates astounding powers, Nourishing the soil of the collective flower.
Janine Palmer (Silver Moon) Copyright 2016 Divinehereticbooks.com
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Post by snowstorm on Jan 1, 2019 18:21:10 GMT
"I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind."
Neil Gaiman
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Jan 17, 2019 22:20:37 GMT
Post by Admin on Jan 17, 2019 22:20:37 GMT
By Hakuin (1686 - 1768)
English version by Norman Waddell
The monkey is reaching For the moon in the water. Until death overtakes him He'll never give up. If he'd let go the branch and Disappear in the deep pool, The whole world would shine With dazzling pureness.
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Feb 14, 2019 18:54:26 GMT
Post by snowstorm on Feb 14, 2019 18:54:26 GMT
"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."
Princess Diana
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Post by snowstorm on Feb 14, 2019 18:56:10 GMT
By Hakuin (1686 - 1768) English version by Norman Waddell The monkey is reaching For the moon in the water. Until death overtakes him He'll never give up. If he'd let go the branch and Disappear in the deep pool, The whole world would shine With dazzling pureness. It would shine even more for monkey if he looked up at the full moon over his head
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Post by snowstorm on Feb 22, 2019 22:20:06 GMT
"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."
Socrates
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Mar 15, 2019 16:45:31 GMT
Post by Admin on Mar 15, 2019 16:45:31 GMT
''That is sacred which in the first place is attached to the transcendent order, secondly possesses the character of absolute certainty, and thirdly, eludes the comprehension of the ordinary human mind. The sacred is the presence of the centre in the periphery. The sacred introduces a quality of the absolute into relativities and confers on perishable things a texture of eternity.
- Frithjof Schuon
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Mar 16, 2019 10:54:01 GMT
Post by snowstorm on Mar 16, 2019 10:54:01 GMT
"It was an overcast day, but the cloudy weather did not detract from the signs of spring that were evident all around them. It was the second week in March, and the official start of the season was just a couple of weeks away. The magnolia trees had already bloomed, and tulips, daffodils, and wildflowers were shooting up all around the convent's gardens." Rosanna Chiofalo
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Mar 21, 2019 6:34:02 GMT
Post by snowstorm on Mar 21, 2019 6:34:02 GMT
"In the morning, everything is new. The day's blank slate lies before me, ready for my writing. May it be words of beauty I write. May it be deeds of grace I do. May it be thoughts of joy I think. All the Holy Ones, Listen; this is what I pray. Great Spirits of the Four Realms, Holy Ones of the Realms of Minds, Kindreds of Yore, as I go through the day, keep my eyes open wide. May I not miss beauty. May I not miss joy. May I not miss wonder. Keep me awake and aware of the world. It is my privilege to perform my morning prayers. It is my honor to do what should be done. As I rise with the morning, fog lifting slowly for my mind, I pray not to forget these truths. Awen."
Ceisiwr Serith, Book of Pagan Prayer, p. 126
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Mar 27, 2019 14:49:59 GMT
Post by snowstorm on Mar 27, 2019 14:49:59 GMT
"I believe in process. I believe in four seasons. I believe that winter's tough, but spring's coming. I believe that there's a growing season. And I think that you realize that in life, you grow. You get better."
Steve Southerland
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