"Move within, but not the way that fear makes you move...

Keep walking though there's no place to get to,
Don't try to see through the distances - that's not for human beings to know.."

"Commit yourself to a daily practice,
your loyalty to that is a ring on the door.

Keep knocking
and eventually the joy
that lives inside
will look out to see
whose there!"

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

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"Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect."

“A single rose can be my garden...a single friend, my world" ~

People are often unreasonable,
Illogical and self centered;

Forgive them anyway

If you are kind, people may accuse you
Of selfish, ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway

If you are successful,
You will win
Some false friends
And some enemies;

Succeed Anyway

If you are honest and frank,
People may cheat you;

Be honest and frank anyway

When you spend years building,
Someone could destroy overnight;

Build anyway

If you find serenity and happiness,
They may be jealous;

Be happy anyway

The good you do today,
People will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway

Give the world the best you have,
And it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you've got anyway

You see, In the final analysis,
It is between you and God;

It was never between
You and them
Anyway

"We can do no great things -
Only small things
With Great Love."

Five little bites of inspiration. Memorize now, mull over as needed.

"Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries."
— Theodore Roethke

"Every beginning, after all, is nothing but a sequel, and the book of events is always open in the middle."
— Wislawa Szymborska

"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground."
— Rumi

"Behind all this, some great happiness is hiding."
— Yehuda Amichai

If you hear a voice within you say, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint…and that voice will be silenced."
— Vincent Van Gogh

Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares,
and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be
someone who comforts, and you will know peace.

Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be
someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be someone
who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes
action, and you will move life forward.

Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich. Be someone
filled with gratitude, and there will be no end to the things for which
you'll be thankful.

Be someone who lives with joy, with purpose, as your own light brightly
shines. Be, in every moment, the special someone you are truly meant to
be.

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. -

There has been only one Christmas - the rest are anniversaries.

Wisdom is weightier than gold... and kindness triumphs over vasts amounts of knowledge... For when one knows they are loved... Love is what they retun

Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself.

There can be no peace of mind, without strength of mind.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.