Tag: book excerpt
member name: Robin L.
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February 27, 2008 07:22 AM EST --
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
--Charles P. Steinmetz
We often pass up the chance to ask a question of someone because we don't want to feel stupid. In the . . . more
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February 20, 2008 07:39 PM EST --
Is there someone whom I need to call or write and thank for all he or she has done for me?
Today I will practice keeping current with others by thanking the people who deserve to know I appreciate . . . more
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March 24, 2008 03:51 PM EDT --
Who in my life will make me happy? Do I look to others when I'm feeling discouraged, sad, or lonely? Do I want someone to help me feel better?
I hold within myself the ability to be happy. I don't . . . more
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February 22, 2008 01:41 PM EST --
On occasion, our problems seem overwhelming, and we don't know where to turn. Our job is stressful. Our health is failing. But many of us face no truly threatening situations, and we still have . . . more
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February 26, 2008 03:39 PM EST --
For years I diligently and faithfully read my daily meditations. I worked them into my routine activities, just as I shower, brush my teeth, and press my clothes. After each reading, I'd stop and . . . more
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March 14, 2008 07:39 AM EDT --
If you're dog-tired at night, it may be because you growled all day.
--War Cry
Negative attitudes wear us out. Assuming the worst will happen, focusing on just our faults, constant complaining, . . . more
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March 22, 2008 11:22 AM EDT --
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
- Soren Kierkegaard
One of Mark Twain's most interesting writings states we should live life backwards from the age of eighty . . . more
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April 01, 2008 09:35 AM EDT --
Laughter, by definition, is healthy.
--Doris Lessing
A hearty laugh can warm a cold room and make our spirits soar. But many of us are afraid to laugh, especially when we make mistakes. We think . . . more
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February 22, 2008 01:34 PM EST --
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person.
--Margaret Anderson
The expression of real love is so easy between grandparents and children - . . . more
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February 23, 2008 10:58 AM EST --
In her book Recovering from the Loss of a Child, author Katherine Fair Donnelly writes of a man whose infant daughter, Robyn, dies from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). The child had died in the stroller, . . . more
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February 29, 2008 02:48 PM EST --
Be aware of yourself and validate your experience. Pay attention to your world, to what's happening, and why. . . . Feel your strength. Value it, and use it.
--Alexandra G. Kaplan
To truly exist . . . more
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March 02, 2008 09:59 AM EST --
She walks around all day quietly, but underneath it she's electric angry energy inside a passive form. The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm.
--Judy Grahn
Many people spend their . . . more
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March 10, 2008 03:25 PM EDT --
"The strangest thing happened," said my friend, a lovably neurotic, very obsessive businessman in his mid-forties.
"I was watching one of those afternoon TV talk show. This one was about . . . more
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March 11, 2008 02:31 PM EDT --
When we are going through a difficult time, we may hesitate to call even our best friends because we don't want to burden them with our troubles. This can be especially true if we've been going . . . more
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March 16, 2008 03:22 PM EDT --
The old law of "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
An essential aid to following the path of the inner voice is practicing forgiveness. Resentment . . . more
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March 22, 2008 11:24 AM EDT --
Grief may be a pathway to our deepest connections.
People often say, "I don't want to burden you with my troubles, you have enough to worry about." Yet sharing our troubles with our partner . . . more
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March 26, 2008 09:02 AM EDT --
I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.
--Judy Collins
The child within each of us is fragile, but very much alive, and she interprets our experiences before we are even conscious . . . more
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April 08, 2008 07:45 AM EDT --
Goodwill
Have you ever envied someone else's good fortune? Consider the friend who calls with a different ring to her voice. Instead of sharing her troubles and woes, she proceeds to tell you good . . . more
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March 01, 2008 06:07 PM EST --
Success is just a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
--Edmund Wilson
Jim worked very hard all day cleaning cars in a drive-through car wash. He used to have a better job, but he wanted to start . . . more
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March 04, 2008 02:43 AM EST --
Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposal, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity.
--Robert Burton
It is just as easy to think, "I can" as it is . . . more
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