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Love has a hundred gentle ends. —Leonora Speyer— Letting go is a process that is seldom easy. For many, its meaning is elusive. How do we “let go”? Letting go means removing our attention from a particular experience or person and putting our focus on the here and now. We hang on to the past, […]
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On occasion I realize it’s easier to say the serenity prayer and take that leap of faith than it is to continue doing what I’m doing. —S.H.— The pain of change is a reality. But so is the pain of no change–when change is called for. In spite of our desires, changing others will never […]
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Reared as we were in a youth and beauty oriented society, we measured ourselves by our ornamental value. —Janet Harris— Rare is the woman who doesn’t long for a svelte body, firm breasts, pretty teeth, a smooth complexion. Rare is the woman who feels content, truly satisfied with her total person. We are often torn […]
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Children are surely one of God’s greatest gifts and truest challenges. To share your life with a child is to humble yourself so that you may learn from them and discover with them the beautiful secrets that are only uncovered in searching. —Kathleen Tierney Crilly— Humility accompanies every experience wherein we let ourselves fully listen […]
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There’s a period of life where we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside. —Pearl Bailey— For too many of us, feelings of shame, even self-hatred, are paramount. No one of us has a fully untarnished past. Every man, every woman, even every child experiences regret over some action. […]
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I realized a long time ago that a belief which does not spring from a conviction in the emotions is no belief at all. —Evelyn Scott— …From pillar to post we bounced, most of us not knowing what we actually believed about nearly any situation before getting to this program. Perhaps we believed what was […]
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Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. —Dodie Smith— Depression feeds on itself. With attention it worsens, but there are places for our attention. We can move our focus to a woman who is close by, a woman who is struggling to determine her direction in life. We can offer our […]
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A woman who is loved always has success. —Vicki Baum— Being loved, and knowing that we are loved, assures us of our connection to the world outside of ourselves. It affirms us as participants in the bigger picture. And all of us need to know that we count—that what we say and do matters to […]
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True intimacy with another human being can only be experienced when you have found true peace within yourself. —Angela L. Wozniak— Intimacy means disclosure–full expression of ourselves to another person. Nothing held back. All bared. There are risks, of course: rejection, criticism, perhaps ridicule. But the comfort we feel within is directly proportional to the […]
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Flattery is so necessary to all of us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return. —Marjorie Bowen— We are all deserving of unconditional love and acceptance. And all the people in our lives, past and present, deserve our unconditional love and acceptance, too. However, it’s doubtful that we either feel it […]