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There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing. —Mary McCarthy— We understand today ideas we couldn’t grasp yesterday. We are conscious this year of details of our past that we may have glossed over at the time. Our blinders are slowly giving […]
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It’s odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don’t quite fully share the hell of someone close to you. —Lady Bird Johnson— Preoccupation with self can be the bane of our existence and it prevents all but the narrowest perspective on any problem. It cuts […]
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God knows no distance. —Charleszetta Waddles— As close as our breath is the strength we need to carry us through any troubled time. But our memory often fails us. We try, alone, to solve our problems, to determine the proper course of action. And we stumble. In time we will turn, automatically, to that power […]
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We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach. The answer is simple: if you want something very badly, you can achieve it. It may take patience, very hard work, a real struggle, and a long time; but it can be done…faith is a prerequisite of any undertaking. […]
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Reaction isn’t action–that is, it isn’t truly creative. —Elizabeth Janeway— We must learn how to act rather than react. Unfortunately, we’ve had lots of training at reacting. And we’re all such good imitators. We are a society of reactors. We let the good or the bad behavior of another person determine our own behavior as […]
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However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we can go on to be whole. —Muriel Rukeyser… We can expect to feel fear, even dread at some points in our lives. We will always have situations that, for a […]
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I believe that a sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification. – –Peggy Cahn… It’s okay to want to feel good all the time. Happiness is something we all deserve. However, there are often preparatory steps we need to take, a number of which will not bring joy, before we arrive at a place of […]
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. —Janis Joplin… When we don’t know who we are, it’s easy to compromise ourselves. When we don’t know where we stand on an issue, it’s easy to be swayed by a forceful voice. Values may be cloudy in our minds, or we may not be aware of […]
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Genius is the talent for seeing things straight. It is seeing things in a straight line without any bend or break or aberration of sight, seeing them as they are, without any warping of vision. —Maude Adams… We are learning, each day of our abstinence, to see more clearly what lies before us. Less and […]
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When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. —Katherine Mansfield… Perfectionism and its control over our lives stands seriously in the way of our growth and well-being, emotionally, spiritually, and even physically. Life’s lessons […]