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The Role Models
Don’t worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. – Robert Fulghum us not them It’s true isn’t it, we’re ever complaining that others…
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Peace In Action
3.17 But the man who has found the joy of the Spirit and in the Spirit has satisfaction, who in the Spirit has found his peace, that man is beyond the law of action. – The…
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In Your Hands
Unhappiness is the realization that you don’t know how to save yourself. Happiness is the realization that you do know how to save yourself. – Vernon Howard loss of control This…
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What Is Prayer?
Prayer is not a technique of escape from conflict but rather a stimulus to growth in the very face of conflict. – The Urantia Papers what is prayer? Apparently God is listening…
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An Eternal Voyage
death is only the beginning of an endless career of adventure, an everlasting life of anticipation, an eternal voyage of discovery. – The Urantia Papers where next? Do you think…
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Love To Do …
To discover, there must be no fear of not surviving. – Krishnamurti discovery Krishnamurti talks about how one might discover what one loves to do To find out what you love to do…
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Liberating Action
3.9 The world is in the bonds of action, unless the action is consecration. Let thy actions then be pure, free from the bonds of desire. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 3) action can…
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What Else?
Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be. – Roger von Oech self-hypnosis We go about hypnotized. We’re lost in our thoughts…
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Living With Honor
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. – Socrates be our pretensions Love this quote because it’s not asking us to not be what we…
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Towards Selflessness
Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity. If you learn this art of being thoughtful, you will become more and more Christlike, for His heart was meek and always thought…
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Being It, Living It…
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness. – Mother Teresa being it What will happen, if…
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Action!
3.8 Action is greater than inaction, perform therefore thy task in life. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 3) action We must act. Contemplation, meditation and day-dreaming is all…
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Which Wolf?
Which wolf will win? The one you feed. – Cherokee Wisdom the story of the 2 wolves I came across this story again lately, you’ve probably read it before: A Cherokee elder was…
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Best Of Times…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was…
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The Force
May the force be with you. – Master Yoda the force is The force is with you! Accept this truth and prosper! tapping it How do we tap into this powerful presence? First accept and…
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Feelings…
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. Benjamin Disraeli what we feel What we feel is what we are. From our feelings we truly know, not…
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The Eternal in Man
2.72 This is the Eternal in man, O Arjuna. Reaching him all delusion is gone. Even in the last hour of his life upon earth man can find peace in the peace of his God. – The…
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Right Here Right Now…
To achieve greatness, start where you are, use what you have, do what you can – Arthur Ashe you are it! You are the world. God created you, dwells within you and is your…
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The Pursuit…
Hear from the heart wordless mysteries! Understand what cannot be understood! In man’s stone-dark heart there burns a fire That burns all veils to their root and foundation. When…
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Receiving Help
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey no one can take for us or spare us. –Marcel Proust our journey It’s true that no one can live our life…
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Bad Luck
Bad luck is universal. Don’t take it personally. – Solomon Short bad and good Bad and good is often in the eye of the beholder and in the way the chips ultimately fall. What’s bad…
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Showing Up!
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Kung-fu-tse (Confucius) where are we? Do we at this moment show up completely? Are all our faculties and attention focused on the…
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Stillness & Harmony
2.65 for when the heart has found quietness, wisdom has also found peace. 2.66 There is no wisdom for a man without harmony, and without harmony there is no contemplation. Without…
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Emotional Hurt
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all. – Ovid what hurts you? We carry a lot of emotional baggage. People and…
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Nothing To Worry About!
If suddenly and without warning, you had absolutely nothing to worry about, do you know what the world would begin to look like? – Notes From The Universe like it is That’s right…
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It’s Me Not Them…
Only when we learn to channel the energy we direct toward winning over others into winning over ourselves can we begin to develop our humanity. – Daisaku Ikeda focus inwards…
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Believe, You Must
Skywalker: "I don’t believe it". Yoda: "That, is why you failed". belief expands Ok so why does believing first, work? When we believe, when we have faith, we expand our mind and…
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Confused Living
2.62 When a man dwells on the pleasures of sense, attraction for them arises in him. From attraction arises desire, the lust of possession, and this leads to passion, to anger.…
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Thoughts R Us!
Tell me to what you pay attention, and I will tell you who you are. – José Ortega y Gasset our attention We are creators of our own universe. The creation occurs through the…
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Become The Goal!
Don’t just pursue your goal inhabit it. Wear it, act it, live it, taste it! Get committed—take action! – Gary Ryan Blair your goal What’s on top of your mind? If it’s a concern or…
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Sight or Vision?
Sight is a function of the eyes, but vision is a function of the heart. – Proverbs seek the higher There’s the higher and the lower. Sight is from the body (lower) and vision is…
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You Matter
Size matters not. – Master Yoda yoda a role model is Yoda the Jedi Master in the Star Wars series of movies is a diminutive fellow who understands and channels the good side of…
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Gita: The Joy Within
2.55 When a man surrenders all desires that come to the heart and by the grace of God finds the joy of God, then his soul has indeed found peace. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 2)…
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No End …
There is no end to you; there is no end to me; because there is no end to Him. - a teacher our origin God thought us up. We take from his consciousness, his creativity and his…
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Fear Not
My God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me, I cannot know for certain where it will end but I will not fear, for you are ever with me. – Thomas…
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Becoming Truth
Words do not become true because you affirm them You affirm them because they are true. You are synchronizing your consciousness with the reality of Truth. – Eric Butterworth…
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You Are Not a Formula!
Always in motion is the future – Master Yoda formulas We all seek formulas in life. Examples of formulas may be: Routines that we build into our daily lives Special prayers that…
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Gita: Rest In The Divine
2.53 When thy mind, that may be wavering in the contradictions of many scriptures, shall rest unshaken in divine contemplation, then the goal of Yoga is thine. 2.54 How is the man…
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Expectations and Assumptions
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. – Charles F. Kettering expectation (assumptions) Yesterday morning I put some vitamin pills in my pocket.…
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Real Wealth
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. – Oscar Wilde transient stuff Stuff doesn’t last.…