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November 2012

November 18, 2012

“I love you, Mom…

“I love you, Mom. I’ll always love you. Even if you are dead, I’ll love...

November 16, 2012

The heart is like a garden…

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

November 14, 2012

Love your life…

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

November 13, 2012

I give my life to God …

I give my life to God to guide today. A Course in Miracles

November 11, 2012

All we need to make us…

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

November 10, 2012

All that is good and unique…

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

November 08, 2012

I love you more than Santa Claus

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

November 08, 2012

Come to me…

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

November 06, 2012

The Artist is a receptacle…

The Artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

November 05, 2012

I understood how a man…

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

November 04, 2012

The heavens open, releasing sheets of rain.

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

November 03, 2012

Joy is prayer…

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

November 02, 2012

Look not mournfully…

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

November 01, 2012

Do not manage as if you had …

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

October 2012

October 28, 2012

We cannot let our angels go. …

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

October 27, 2012

I stand up, raise my hands …

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

October 26, 2012

Leaning agains a tree…

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

October 25, 2012

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...

October 24, 2012

an abnormal reaction…

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

October 23, 2012

Truth is only relative…

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

October 21, 2012

You are what your deep…

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

October 20, 2012

Concentrate your energy…

Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Sun Tzu

October 19, 2012

if you can dream

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

October 10, 2012

Finally, brothers…

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Release perfectionism …

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

August 22, 2012

Hope begins in the dark,

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

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Aurora Winter on KTLA 5: Encouraging Words for a fresh start

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July 23, 2012

It isn’t life’s events…

It isn't life's events, but one's reactions to them, that activates stress. DAVID HAWKINS

July 23, 2012

The beautiful flower…

The beautiful flower, the lotus, arises from its roots in the slime and mud at...

July 23, 2012

Pummeled by a waterfall of grief…

Pummeled by a waterfall of grief so intense and powerful, it takes all my strength...