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Be still and listen to the stillness within. —Darlene Larson Jenks— No answer eludes us if we turn to the source of all answers–the stillness within. Prayer accompanied by meditation will always provide the answers we need for the situations facing us. The answers we want are not guaranteed, however. We must trust that we […]
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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose. —Billie Holiday— Our struggles with other people always take their toll on us. They often push us to behavior we’re not proud of. They may result in irreparable rifts. They frequently trigger an emotional relapse. No battle is worth the damage to the psyche that […]
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When all of the remedies and all of the rhetorical armor have been dropped, the absence of love in our lives is what makes them seem raw and unfinished. —Ingrid Bengis— Love soothes, encourages, inspires. It enhances our wholeness, both when we give it and when we receive it. Without the expression of love we […]
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The great creative power is everything. If you leave out one whole chunk of it, by making God only masculine, you have to redress the balance. —Martha Boesing— What a blessing, to be part of God! For many of us, invoking God with a male pronoun put an obstacle in the path of our spiritual […]
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There is a divine plan of good at work in my life. I will let go and let it unfold. —Ruth P. Freedman— We are never certain of the full importance or the eventual impact of any single event in our lives. But of one thing we can be sure: Each experience offers something valuable […]
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Many people are living in an emotional jail without recognizing it. —Virginia Satir— Each of us is blessed with an internal guide, a source able to direct our actions if we but acknowledge it. Never are we in doubt for long about what path to take. The courage to take it might not be immediately […]
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Sometimes I think I’m the luckiest person in the world. There’s nothing better than having work you really care about. Sometimes I think my greatest problem is lack of confidence. I’m scared, and I think that’s healthy. ––Jane Fonda— We each vacillate between feeling confident on some days, lucky on others, and yet frequently scared […]
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If I love with my Spirit, I don’t have to think so hard with my head. —Peggy Cahn— Love smooths all ruffles. All situations are calmed, all tension is eased. The expression of love is a balm on all wounds, particularly our own. Feeling love toward the people in our lives today will boost our […]
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Ambiguity means admitting more than one response to a situation and allowing yourself to be aware of those contradictory responses. You may want something and fear it at the same time. You may find it both beautiful and ugly. —Tristine Rainer— Flexibility is a goal worth the striving. It eases our relations with others, and […]
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Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep. —Agnes Meyer— Deep roots offer strength and stability to an organism. They nourish it plentifully. They anchor it when the fierce winds blow. We each are offered the gifts of roots when we give ourselves fully to the program. We are never going to face, alone, any […]