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March 2013

March 28, 2013

We are born whole

We are born whole. Glittering. Golden. A perfect, luminous sphere. We roll carefree down the...

March 27, 2013

Some say love

Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed. Some say...

March 26, 2013

There is vitality

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through...

March 25, 2013

If you do nothing

If you do nothing, I will do nothing. If you build a fire, I will...

March 24, 2013

God’s will

God’s Will for me is perfect happiness. A COURSE IN MIRACLES

March 23, 2013

I’m not in control.

I’m not in control. Instead of thinking of my loss, I think of the gifts...

March 22, 2013

I give my life

I give my life to God to guide today. A COURSE IN MIRACLES

March 21, 2013

In our sleep

In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until,...

March 20, 2013

I do believe

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or...

March 19, 2013

Inspirations Never go far

Inspirations never go for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. BRENDAN FRANCIS

March 18, 2013

Truth

Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures. HAN SUYIN

March 17, 2013

Hope begins in the dark

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and...

March 17, 2013

God doesn’t require

God doesn’t require you to succeed; He only requires that you try. MOTHER TERESA

March 16, 2013

Release perfectionism

Release perfectionism and it will be replaced with eagerness and enthusiasm. Perfectionism drains. Action sustains....

March 15, 2013

Concentrate your energy

Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. SUN TZU

March 14, 2013

If you can dream

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master, If you can think—and not make...

March 13, 2013

How poor

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by...

March 12, 2013

You are what your deep

You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your...

March 11, 2013

Truth is only relative

Truth is only relative and not absolute. All truth is only so within a certain...

March 10, 2013

I’m walking in the rain

I’m walking in the rain. I’m relieved to have land back under my feet, in...

March 09, 2013

An abnormal reaction

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior. VIKTOR FRANKL

March 08, 2013

Leaning against a tree

Leaning against a tree for comfort, I’m amazed to feel its life-force flooding me, replenishing...

March 07, 2013

We cannot let

We cannot let our angels go. We do not see that they only go out...

March 06, 2013

I stand up

I stand up, raise my hands to the heavens, and declare, “I love you. I...

March 05, 2013

Listening is the oldest

Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing…. When we listen,...

March 04, 2013

Do not manage

Do not manage as if you had ten thousand years before you. Look you, death...

March 03, 2013

Look not mournfully

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

March 02, 2013

Joy is prayer

Joy is prayer— Joy is strength— Joy is love— Joy is a net of love...

March 01, 2013

The heavens open

The heavens open, releasing sheets of rain. I bolt outside in my bathing suit. There,...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

I understood how

I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know...