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metaphorqueen @ 2008-08-15T10:12:00

2008-08-15T15:13:03Z

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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2008-07-28T16:25:05Z

Intimacy means that we're safe enough to reveal the truth about ourselves in all its creative chaos. If a space is created in which two people are totally free to reveal their walls, then those walls, in time, will come down.

-Marianne Williamson

That life is worth living is the essential message and assurance of all art.

—Herman Hesse

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

-Annie Lennox

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2008-05-20T17:38:06Z

When other beings, especially those who hold a grudge against you, abuse and harm you out of envy, you should not abandon them, but hold them as objects of your greatest compassion and take care of them.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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2008-03-19T03:41:36Z

It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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2008-03-16T03:51:39Z

Inner refuge is refuge in ourselves, in our ultimate potential. When we recognize and nourish this potential, we have found the real meaning of refuge.

-Kathleen McDonald, "How to Meditate"

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2008-03-14T16:47:04Z

"Whatever you have forgotten, you can remember. Whatever you have
buried you can unearth. If you are willing to look deep into your own
nature, if you are willing to peel away the layers of not-self you have
adopted in making your way through the tribulations of life, you will find
that your true self is not as far removed as you think." -- Meredith
Jordan

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2008-03-13T16:53:31Z

"Sometimes people get the mistaken notion that spirituality is a
separate department of life, the penthouse of existence. But rightly
understood, it is a vital awareness that pervades all realms of our being...
Wherever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual."
-- David Steindl-Rast

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2008-03-12T18:34:27Z

"I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." -- Helen Keller

Mind cannot see itself-
Subject and object cannot be dual;
Therefore, to see the mind
You must look and probe with the eye of wisdom.

When probed and examined analytically
With such analytic investigation
The mind is like the wick of a lamp
Illumined only through its own radiance.

-Milarepa, "Drinking the Mountain Stream: Songs of Tibet’s Beloved Saint"

"To seek the living manifestation of spiritual and ethical values
themselves, regardless of the label they come under, is to discover
unexpected kinship... In this view, faith is no longer a matter of a allegiance
to a specific community or identity, but a ceaseless search for the
beautiful ways to realize the human potential in every given age and
place." -- Mohja Kahf

Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.

-Brendan Francis

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2008-03-11T21:08:29Z

Genuine compassion is unbiased.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

-The Buddha

"Authentic spirituality awakens the soul, reconnects us with the
sacred, and fills us with the passion of life. Spiritual development is not
about religious rituals and practices; it is about waking up to the
wonder of life." -- David N. Elkins

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible.

-Arthur C. Clarke

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2008-03-10T20:40:50Z

I have accepted fear as part of life--specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says turn back.

-Erica Jong (submitted by Jillin2001)

"Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results." -- James Allen

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.

-Jules Renard

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2008-03-09T18:37:44Z

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

-Carol Burnett

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2008-03-04T16:23:39Z

Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along, too.

-Lawrence Bixby

Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

-Paul Valery

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2008-02-29T17:51:22Z

Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.

-Alfred Painter

SIMPLICITY

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Novelist and poet

Simplicity allows the senses to rest from stimulation.

Gunilla Norris
Psychotherapist and writer

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

-The Wizard to the Tin Man (submitted by tranme)

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

-Og Mandino

"Total, unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image." -- Nido Qubein

"The most influential person who will talk to you all day is you, so you should be very careful about what you say to you!" -- Zig Ziglar

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2008-02-29T04:32:19Z

Each day comes bearing its gifts. Untie the ribbons.

-Ann Ruth Schabader

-Eileen Caddy

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.

-Mother Teresa

SELF-LIMITING BELIEFS

"Self pity is our worst enemy, and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in the world." -- Helen Keller

"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." -- Wayne Dyer

"There is no reason to ever quit... unless of course you had no plans to ever succeed... that is called ‘Delusional Success’" -- Doug Firebaugh

"Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional." -- Roger Crawford

The human state is not about being perfect. We are in this life to learn to grow. We do so best by finding God's plan for us and following it. It is by no means easy. Yet learning, growing overcoming, and then experiencing transformation, can be one of life's greatest joys. It certainly makes life interesting.

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2008-02-25T12:16:10Z

The conscious mind is the editor, and the unconscious mind is the writer.

-David Mamet

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

-Cher

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2008-02-24T16:59:42Z

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails

-Pioneer Girls Leaders' Handbook

We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying tothe world who we are.

~Fred Rogers

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2008-02-22T16:23:48Z

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

- Baruch Spinoza, "Ethics"

If you misunderstand your mind, you are an ordinary mortal; if you understand your mind, you are a sage.

In this it makes no difference whether you are a male or female, old or young, smart or simple.

-Jakushitsu

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2008-02-21T21:35:14Z

"Happiness is not something ready made... It comes from your own
actions." -- Dalai Lama

"No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness.
Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all
circumstances." -- Paramahansa Yogananda

[I]t is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth.

John Locke (1632-1704)
Philosopher

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2008-02-20T23:03:26Z

You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself.

-Andrew Carnegie

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2008-02-20T16:08:19Z

Each day comes bearing its gifts. Untie the ribbons.
-Ann Ruth Schabader

We don't always succeed in what we try - certainly not by the worlds standards - but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep trying that matters most. ~ Fred Rogers

horoscopes and quotes

2008-02-19T17:18:42Z

Aries Horoscope

(Mar 21 - Apr 19)

It's all about finishing up old business now so you are ready for the action of spring when it finally arrives. If you have overextended, make an effort toward cleaning up after your energy binge, but don't be too hard on yourself in the process. Do whatever it takes to prepare yourself for what's just around the corner.

Happy Valentine Daze, Aries! After meditating about what advice would be most useful for your love life during the rest of 2008, I decided on this observation from 17th-century philosopher Sir Francis Bacon: "There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion." In other words, you should raise your appreciation for interesting idiosyncrasies and cute "flaws" and odd proportions. They are not inconvenient imperfections that mar the beauty you need in your life. They are the very essence of it.

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We define our family, our 'ohana', very broadly. It may have begun with our parents and brothers and sisters, but it now includes hundreds of people who give us the support necessary for our creative endeavors.
-Robert Cazimero

"And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to
find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For
to miss the joy is to miss all." -- Robert Louis Stevenson

"There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don't seem to help." ~Fred Rogers

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2008-02-18T17:04:00Z

Everything in the universe is connected, everything is osmosis. You cannot separate any part from the whole: interdependence rules the cosmic order.

-Taisen Deshimaru

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

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2008-02-17T22:29:57Z

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we are going to show.

-Mignon McLaughlin

" There are many times that I wish I has heard that "just who you are at this moment, with the way that you're feeling, is fine. You don't have to be anything more than who you are right now." I'd like to think it's also something that's happened to me through the year, that I'm more able to accept myself as I happen to be, rather than as somebody thought I should be."

~ Fred Rogers

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2008-02-16T23:00:35Z

To be a person of truth, be swayed neither by approval nor disapproval.

Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.

- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

-Bern Williams (submitted by Turtle76)

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2008-02-15T19:31:50Z

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

- Simone Weil, "The Need for Roots"

GROWTH

We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.

Frederick Buechner
Cleric and novelist

Here’s the great challenge of life--You can have more than you’ve got because you can become more than you are.

Jim Rohn
Motivational speaker and writer

Don't cling to your own understanding. Even if you do understand something, you should ask yourself if there might be something you have not fully resolved, or if there may be some higher meaning yet.

-Dogen

The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.

-Swedish proverb

"True happiness is an acceptance of life as it is given to us, with its
diminishment, mystery, uncontrollability, and all." -- Michael Gellert

"Relationships are difficult, time-consuming, baffling, and sometimes
heartbreaking. They're also what make life worth living."
--Martha Beck