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January 2013

January 26, 2013

The high prize of life,

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

January 25, 2013

And you know?

And you know? If you love people, they love you back. It’s astonishing. And simple....

January 23, 2013

All that is good and unique …

All that is good and unique in you should be brought out. If you do...

January 22, 2013

I love you more than Santa Claus

I love you more than Santa Claus and more than presents. Whoa! Isn’t that good?!...

January 21, 2013

Come to me,

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you...

January 20, 2013

The heart is like a garden…

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love....

January 19, 2013

All we need to make us ..

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Charles...

January 18, 2013

Love your life.

Love your life. Accept the beauty offered you for what it is. Don’t question it....

January 18, 2013

To keep the body in…

To keep the body in good health is a duty… Otherwise we shall not be...

January 17, 2013

Only love is real…

Only love is real. All the love you ever gave, all the love you ever...

January 15, 2013

Use your imagination …

Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life....

January 14, 2013

All we need to make us …

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Charles...

January 13, 2013

I understood how a man …

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

January 12, 2013

The heavens open, releasing sheets of rain…

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

January 11, 2013

Do not manage as if you had …

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

January 10, 2013

Look not mournfully …

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

January 09, 2013

Do not manage as if you had …

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

January 08, 2013

Look not mournfully

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

January 07, 2013

Listening is the oldest and …

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

January 06, 2013

Leaning against a tree …

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

January 05, 2013

We cannot let our angels go.

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

January 04, 2013

An abnormal reaction

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior. Viktor Frankl

January 03, 2013

I’m walking in the rain. I’m relieved…

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

January 02, 2013

You are what your deep,

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

January 01, 2013

Truth is only relative

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

December 2012

December 29, 2012

How poor are they …

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

December 27, 2012

If you can dream—and not …

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

December 26, 2012

Concentrate your energy…

Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Sun Tzu

December 25, 2012

Release perfectionism…

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

December 24, 2012

Hope begins in the dark…

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