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2013-06-01T08:19:39-06:00

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An abnormal reaction

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 8:19 am By Aurora Winter

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

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2013-06-01T08:18:13-06:00

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Leaning against a tree

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 8:18 am By Aurora Winter

Leaning against a tree for comfort, I’m amazed to feel its life-force flooding me, replenishing my own. What’s happening to me? Some doorway has been opened. This is not normal. AURORA WINTER Read more

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2013-06-01T08:16:37-06:00

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We cannot let

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 8:16 am By Aurora Winter

We cannot let our angels go. We do not see that they only go out that archangels may come in. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Read more

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2013-06-01T07:46:26-06:00

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I stand up

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 7:46 am By Aurora Winter

I stand up, raise my hands to the heavens, and declare, “I love you. I forgive you. I release you.” I’m steadfast now in my intention to stop clinging to my dead husband, to let his soul go in peace. I feel a surge of incredible energy gathering all over my body. Rising from my toes, it coalesces into a kind of lump, as if I had something in my body that’s not mine. This energy surges, tingling, up through... Read more

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2013-06-01T06:15:14-06:00

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Listening is the oldest

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 6:15 am By Aurora Winter

Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing…. When we listen, we offer with our attention an opportunity for wholeness. Our listening creates sanctuary for the homeless parts within the other person. Rachel Naomi Remen, M. D. Read more

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2013-06-01T06:13:55-06:00

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Do not manage

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 6:13 am By Aurora Winter

Do not manage as if you had ten thousand years before you. Look you, death stands at your elbow; make the most of your minute, and be good for something while it is in your power. Charles Palmer Read more

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2013-06-01T06:12:55-06:00

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Look not mournfully

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 6:12 am By Aurora Winter

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Henry Longfellow Read more

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2013-06-01T06:11:55-06:00

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Joy is prayer

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 6:11 am By Aurora Winter

Joy is prayer— Joy is strength— Joy is love— Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. Mother Teresa Read more

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2013-06-01T06:10:47-06:00

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The heavens open

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 6:10 am By Aurora Winter

The heavens open, releasing sheets of rain. I bolt outside in my bathing suit. There, I exalt in the warm downpour, galloping barefoot on the soft, wet grass beside the beach, like a filly made frolicsome by the wind. Giddy with life, with the wonder of it all—rain, glorious rain! Completely uninhibited, swept up in the miracle of the monsoon, I dance my elation, my awe, my aliveness. Old people peer out at me, safely sheltered from this joyous gift... Read more

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2013-06-01T05:51:09-06:00

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I understood how

Last updated on: June 1, 2013 at 5:51 am By Aurora Winter

I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. Victor Frankl Read more

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