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It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world. —Dorothy Dix— The storms of our lives benefit us like the storms that hit our towns and homes and wash clean the air we breathe. Our storms bring […]
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Difficulties, opposition, criticism–these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm, and I begin to wonder what I should do about it. —Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit— To be alive […]
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Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them. —Katherine Anne Porter— Each of us has miraculously been summoned to the road to recovery. We no doubt felt hopeless many times. We no doubt pleaded, aimlessly and to no one in particular, […]
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Your sense of what will bring happiness is so crude and blundering. Try something else as a compass. Maybe the moralists are right and happiness doesn’t come from seeking pleasure and ease. —Joanna Field— We think we know what will make us happy. Seldom do we readily accept that painful moments are often the price […]
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Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do. —Lydia M. Child— Our Spirit is our inner guide. And our Spirit never, never, gives us wrong directions. Because we’re […]
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Bad moments, like good ones, tend to be grouped together. —Edna O’Brien… Rough times may be pouring in on us at the moment, and they may seem unending. Difficulties appear to attract more difficulties, problems with loved ones, problems at work, problems with our appearance. A negative attitude, something that we all struggle with at […]
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To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer, or fuller, or more satisfying, puts me in a constant state of suspension; and I miss all those moments that pass. They never come back to be experienced again. —Kathleen Tierney Crilly— The steps we are taking today will never […]
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EACH DAY A NEW BEGINNING “To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life, and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.” —Flannery O’Connor Having too high expectations is a set-up for disappointment. Expectations that are high lend themselves to a fantasy life, and reality can never match our fantasies. When […]
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The battle to keep up appearances unnecessarily, the mask–whatever name you give creeping perfectionism–robs us of our energies. —Robin Worthington— How familiar we are with trying to be women other than ourselves; ones more exciting, we think, or sexier, or smarter. We have probably devoted a great deal of energy to this over the years. […]
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I stand before you as a tower of strength, the weight of the world on my shoulders. As you pass through my life, look, but not too close, for I fear I will expose the vulnerable me. —Deidra Sarault— Vulnerability is as much a part of being human as is strength. Our vulnerability prevents our […]