Points to Ponder

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Let us not look back
in anger
or forward
in fear,
but around
in awareness.

~James Thurber~

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Life is not measured
by the breaths we take
but by the moments
that take our breath away.

~Author Unknown~

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When you come to the edge 
of all the light you know, 
and are about to step off 
into the darkness of the unknown, 
faith is knowing one of two things will happen:
There will be something solid to stand on, 
or you will be taught how to fly.

~ anon. ~

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Believe in a love 
that is being stored up for you, 
like an inheritance, 
and trust that in this love 
there is a strength and a blessing, 
out beyond which you do not have to step 
in order to go very far. 

~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~ 

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Have No Fear for what tomorrow may bring.
The same loving God who cares for you today
will take care of you tomorrow and every day. 
God will either shield you from suffering
or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
Be at peace, then, and put aside all
anxious thoughts and imaginations.

~ St. Francis de Sales ~

- submitted by Ellen W.

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Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God:
But only he who sees 
takes off his shoes.

~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning ~

- submitted by Steve P.

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We do not understand
Joy 
until we have felt sorrow;
Faith 
until we are tested;
Peace 
until we are faced with conflict;
Trust 
until we are betrayed;
Love 
until it is lost;
Hope 
until we are faced with doubts.

~ anon.~

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One will rarely err 
if extreme actions 
be ascribed to vanity, 
ordinary actions to habit, 
and mean actions to fear. 

~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~

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It is only with the heart 
that one can see rightly, 
what is essential 
is invisible to the eye.

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~

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A smile
is a light 
in the window of the soul
indicating
that the heart
is at home.

~ anon.~

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Thought control 
is the highest form of prayer.
Therefore, 
think only on good things, and righteous.
Dwell not in negativity and darkness.
And even in moments when things look bleak
- especially in those moments - 
see only perfection,
express only gratefulness,
and then imagine only what manifestation 
of perfection you choose next.
In this formula is found tranquility.
In this process is found peace.
In this awareness is found joy.

~ Neale Donald Walsch ~ 

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Unless I accept my faults, 
I will most certainly 
doubt my virtues. 

~ Hugh Prather ~

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Friends 
are quiet angels 
who lift us to our feet
when our wings have trouble 
remembering how to fly.

- from Veronica H.

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This above all: 
to thine own Self be true, 
and it must follow, 
as the night the day, 
thou canst not then be false 
to any man. 

~ Shakespeare ~
Hamlet, Act I 

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Let your heart guide you
... it whispers,
so listen closely.

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You can change your life
by just 
changing your mind!

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By choosing your thoughts, 
and by selecting which emotional currents 
you will release 
and 
which you will reinforce, 
you determine the quality of your Light. 
You determine the effects 
that you will have upon others, 
and the nature of the experiences 
of your life.

~ Gary Zukav ~ 

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Follow Your Heart

Go where the heart longs to go.
Don't pay attention to the feet who want to stay rooted.
Go where the mind wants to explore.
Don't worry about the hands who still want to hold on.
Go where your gut is fearful to go.
Don't let your body sit in one place.
Go where your heart longs to go.

~ Natasha Josefowitz ~

- submitted by David J.

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Be Still
and listen to your heart.
It is the voice of God
pulsating to the rhythm 
of the Universe
transmitting a message
through your soul
to you.

~ Dr. Carolyn ~

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Never allow
REALITY
to interfere
with your dreams.

- submitted by Sharon S.
aka Bird Woman/IKSUE

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One does not discover new lands 
without consenting 
to lose sight of the shore 
for a very long time.

~ André Gide ~

- submitted by Steve P. 

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Angels 
paint with sound 
and 
sing with color.

~ Anon. ~

- submitted by Julie J.

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THOUGHTS
Keep your thoughts positive 
because your thoughts become your
WORDS
Keep your words positive 
because your words become your 
ACTIONS
Keep your actions positive 
because your actions become your
HABITS
Keep your habits positive 
because your habits become your
VALUES
Keep your values positive 
because your values become your
DESTINY

~ author unknown ~

- submitted by Joyce S. 

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Every person, 
all the events
of your life,
are there
because you have 
drawn them there.
What you choose
to do with them
is up to you.

~Richard Bach~

- submitted by Janice P.

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PRAYER of THANKS GIVING 

For the beauty of the Earth, 
Lord, we thank Thee; 
For the bounty of Thy gifts, 
Lord we thank Thee; 
For your all-forgiving love, 
Lord, we thank Thee. 
Amen.

- submitted by Pauline P.

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Listen to your heart
for therein
lies your soul.

~Jane Stewart~

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Being alone 
is not half as bad as 
wishing you were.

- submitted by Andrea S.

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Be patient toward everything unresolved in your heart 
and try to love the questions themselves. 
Do not search for the answers which could not be given to you now, 
because you would not be able to live them. 
And the point is to live everything ... live the questions now.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~ 

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Act mindfully. 
Accept entirely. 
Move strongly. 
Think softly. 
Speak beautifully. 
Live simply. 
Love completely. 

~ Anon. ~ 

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Live.
Reach up unto your mountaintop and 
breathe the air and look into forever.
Find a star that is elusive to you and ponder it. 
Become life. 
Be life. 
It is where your wisdom and your
teachings will be secured from. 

~ Ramtha ~

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Reality is what we take to be true. 
What we take to be true is what we believe. 
What we believe is based on our perceptions. 
What we perceive depends on what we look for. 
What we look for depends on what we think. 
What we think depends on what we perceive. 
What we perceive determines what we take to be true. 
What we take to be true is our reality. 

~ Gary Zukav ~

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