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The strength of the drive determines the force required to suppress it. —Mary Jane Sherfey— We are all struggling to succeed. And each day of our lives we’ll be confronted with major or minor adversities that might well interfere with our success. Adversities don’t have to hinder us, however. They can strengthen us, if we […]
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…You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now. —Joan Baez— How thrilling to contemplate that we can choose every attitude we have and every action we take. We have been gifted with full responsibility for our development. What will we try […]
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One of the conclusions I have come to in my old age is the importance of living in the ever-present now. In the past, too often I indulged in the belief that somehow or other tomorrow would be brighter or happier or richer. —Ruth Casey— How easily our minds jump from the present to the […]
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When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing. —Catherine Ponder— We are in constant communication with one another and with God in the spiritual realm. No matter how singular our particular course may appear, our path is running parallel to many […]
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Pride, we are told, my children, “goeth before a fall” and oh, the pride was there, and so the fall was not far away. —Wilhelmina Kemp Johnstone— Requesting help. Admitting we are wrong. Owning our mistake in either a big or small matter. Asking for another chance or someone’s love. All very difficult to do, […]
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History provides abundant examples of . . . women whose greatest gift was in redeeming, inspiring, liberating, and nurturing the gifts of others. —Sonya Rudikoff— Part of our calling as members of the human community is to unconditionally love and support the people emotionally close to us. We have been drawn together for purposes wonderful […]
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Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. —Jacqueline Bisset— How common it is for us to be overly concerned with our looks. The culture encourages it through our families, our friends, the media. Many of us anguished over our looks in years past, and the pain of fading youth haunts […]
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The balance between mind and spirit comes hard for me. The eternal split. Two entities, perfectly aware and yet perfectly unwilling to cooperate. —Mary Casey— The program directs our spiritual growth, a human aspect that had atrophied, if ever it had existed, for most of us before abstinence. And the process of developing our spiritual […]
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Never turn down a job because you think it’s too small; you don’t know where it can lead. —Julia Morgan— How short is our vision of where an invitation might take us! Any invitation. Of one thing we can be certain, it offers an opportunity for making a choice, which means taking responsibility for who […]
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…there are two entirely opposite attitudes possible in facing the problems of one’s life. One, to try and change the external world, the other, to try and change oneself. —Joanna Field— God grant us the courage to change what we can–ourselves. How difficult it is to let go of our struggles to control and change […]