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I come to life with an Open Mind,
Clean Hands, and a Loving Heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Related topics: Affirmations
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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A true friend is a rock upon whom you can depend.
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If a friendship isn't comfortable, it's not a friendship.
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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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Friendship often leads to love,
but lust seldom leads to friendship.
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A true friend is a source of strength and hope.
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I choose you as my friend, and rejoice.
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True friends are appreciative and never demanding.
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Know that love has no limits.
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Love Without Limits.
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Life is NOT a constant emergency.
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It's all a game anyway, so just change the rules.
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NO ONE is really different;
each of us is actually a member of the human race.
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Joy is a choice - but it isn't an easy choice.
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Sometimes, our family's most important job
is reminding us how unimportant we are.
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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.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Exotic or ordinary, glamorous or plain,
exciting or boring - it's all in our point-of-view.
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You are my home - the place to which I always return.
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Love without jealousy. Love without need.
Let love be an unconditional gift.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do you ever question why our educational system
teaches competition rather than cooperation?
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The Principal Causes of Our Suffering are
Our Past, and Our Expectations and Assumptions.
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If we don't feel appreciated, we don't feel loved.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I am merely a bit player in your stories,
as you are merely a bit player in mine.
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Choose love - always.
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Hatred freezes hearts, while love warms them.
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Our unhappiness is triggered by either
having less than yesterday,
or having less than our neighbor.
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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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The Paradox Of Living In The Moment is -
How To Be Happy Today AND Prepare For Tomorrow
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Hitch a Ride on the River of Life.
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The common denominator of our heroes
is that each set their own course.
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Our stories are the window to our emotions.
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The Book of Life is a Book of Riddles,
with its Real Lessons Writ Small in the Margins.
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Question every assumption and expectation.
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Life is a nurturing mother,
when you just remember to say "thank you."
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Fear is the root of the tree of suffering.
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Don't give energy to perceived dislikes.
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We have no enemies,
we have only friendships that we haven't yet developed
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Consider a new beginning with your family -
choose to take them less seriously.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Relax. Take a day off.
Go for a long silent walk in the woods.
The world will still be there tomorrow -
as good and as bad as ever.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is all a game anyway, so just change the rules.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
For a happy marriage,
love and accept your spouse just the way they are.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A common denominator of all religions is that
they have the power to bring out the best and the worst in people.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
For everything I observe or experience,
I create a story - not sometimes, but always.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Being angry is as close as a human being
can come to experiencing hell on earth.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The most powerful form of love is unconditional love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"You always..." and "you never..." are code phrases for
"you don't meet my expectations,
so I am declaring you inadequate and unacceptable."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We are never afraid of what is happening in this instant -
It is what MIGHT happen next that frightens us.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love reflects love.
Hate reflects hate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Assumptions are beliefs that don't know they are beliefs.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I don't know the meaning of life,
but I know compassion is the key.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Know that all people are your brothers and sisters.
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To the young child, all life is a great adventure -
when did we grow so dull and brittle.
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Life - for most people - is their past projected large
onto the movie screen of their future.
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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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Recognize that "suffering is optional," and develop daily habits
that support living a joyful and productive life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Know that where there is love, nothing is missing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You will always have habits -
things you do regularly and without conscious thought -
but you do have the ability to CHOOSE your habits.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Home is not a structure, but the place that we feel comfortable -
the place we belong - the place of our loved ones.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The girl of my dreams is my mother's shadow,
cast upon the distant movie screen of my future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is soft and smooth when lived gently.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Feeling overwhelmed by apparent demands on our time
is like going to a restaurant,
ordering everything on the menu,
and complaining about indigestion.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
All unhappiness comes from either
having less than yesterday,
or from having less than one's neighbor.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The world just IS, and we all have our stories about it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Make a conscious choice to live
a serene and stress-free life.
Stress is always waiting just outside your door
like a vicious wild-dog.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You are my family because I CHOOSE you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love: if you have to ask,
it's not the real thing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Offense comes not from the mouth, but from the ear.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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