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Cloud Animals: Be a Child Again.
I remember warm summer afternoons,
laying in the shade of a maple tree in the back yard
of my Connecticut home watching the clouds for hours.
As those clouds formed dragons and foxes, clowns and angels,
I traveled across space and time.
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I choose you as my friend, and rejoice.
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A friend or co-worker shares a political,
religious, economic, or social opinion
that is opposite to yours -
does that drive a wedge between your hearts?
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If a friendship isn't comfortable, it's not a friendship.
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A true friend is a rock upon whom you can depend.
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A true friendship always feels safe and comfortable.
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The magic words for a great family are,
"I love you just the way you are."
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True friends are appreciative and never demanding.
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A true friend is a source of strength and hope.
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Friendship often leads to love,
but lust seldom leads to friendship.
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Where there is unconditional love,
there is no room for unhappiness.
Whenever I look in the mirror today,
I will say to myself: "That Is The Face Of God."
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For a happy marriage,
love and accept your spouse just the way they are.
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The girl of my dreams is my mother's shadow,
cast upon the distant movie screen of my future.
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Do you feel stuck?
Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,
or some other situation,
there is a time for perseverance,
and a time for letting go and moving on.
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Good for who? Good for what?
There is no absolute "good."
"Good" is simply one person's preference.
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Life is soft and smooth when lived gently.
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Know the power and the peace of saying,
"I love you just the way you are."
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Go forth, and play joyfully in the garden of life.
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Our stories are the window to our emotions.
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Know that you are never alone.
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True love means putting the other person before yourself,
and honoring the relationship above all.
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A life lived Boldly and Joyfully is a Heroic Life.
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Don't project your past onto my future.
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Our relationships - love and friendship -
are at the core of the meaning of our lives.
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Life only appears complicated when one is worrying.
Relax, and life becomes simple again.
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None of us is perfect - and that's OK.
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The greatest obstacle to a Joyful Life
is your "story" about your life.
Your story is filled with perceives needs and obligations.
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Everyone believes that their beliefs are the right ones -
that is why they are called beliefs.
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Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others.
Choose love.
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Life is all a game anyway, so just change the rules.
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Recognize that "suffering is optional," and develop daily habits
that support living a joyful and productive life.
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Know that love has no limits.
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The being of our mothers is forever branded onto our own being.
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I love you because I love you.
You are a part of me, and
I need no reasons to love you.
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We all have our thorns - and blooms.
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Keep busy - with tasks that inspire you,
motivate you, or please you.
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Life is a Crazy-Quilt of Suffering and Joy.
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At the Core of Our Suffering
are those Self-Imposed Limitations (Assumptions)
of which We are Completely Unaware.
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Know the power of saying, "Thank you."
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The most powerful form of love is unconditional love.
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We humans feel an instinctive need to know
what is coming next - what we can count upon.
We fear change - even the most positive change.
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Life is serious? Why?
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The importance of history is in it's
educational value for our lives today,
not in regret, resentment, or revenge.
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A common denominator of all religions is that
they have the power to bring out the best and the worst in people.
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Home is where we feel comfortable.
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The common denominator of our heroes
is that each set their own course.
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Life only
appears to be
rushing toward us
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Life is in our point-of-view.
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Regrets and resentments cause great suffering but fix nothing.
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The world just IS, and we all have our stories about it.
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Pain is what the world inflicts upon us.
Suffering is our emotional reaction when we fail
to make the difficult conscious choice to choose Joy.
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When you feel worried and depressed,
consciously form a smile on your face and act upbeat
until the happy feeling becomes genuine.
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We never see Life as it really is.
All we can ever see is the reflection of Life -
distorted by our unique perceptions.
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Life is all in our Perspective.
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Heroes act in spite of their fear,
while the rest of us act because of our fear.
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Being angry is as close as a human being
can come to experiencing hell on earth.
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Everything we believe is a matter of evolution and history.
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Life is a nurturing mother,
when you just remember to say "thank you."
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Life is a journey - enjoy the journey.
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Life just happens - enjoy it anyway.
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Give somebody a gold star - Today.
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The human spirit ranges across a truly amazing
diversity of experiences and emotions -
the highest peaks and the lowest valleys.
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Persevere in moving toward highly worthwhile but difficult goals.
In smaller issues, take an easier course.
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Anger is a destructive emotion
that becomes instinctive over the years.
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Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open.
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You are my home - the place to which I always return.
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For everything I observe or experience,
I create a story - not sometimes, but always.
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Resenting someone, or hating someone, ensures that
you can never emotionally escape that person.
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Life will not meet your expectations -
choose joy anyway.
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Love: if you have to ask,
it's not the real thing.
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Know that all people are your brothers and sisters.
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