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Conversations with God are very different
from the usual nature of prayer.
Prayers are commonly only in one direction -
the one praying speaks and hopes God is listening.
Prayers also tend to focus on asking
for specific things or outcomes one wants,
rather than seeking to better understand the mind of God.
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I choose you as my friend, and rejoice.
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If a friendship isn't comfortable, it's not a friendship.
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A true friend is a source of strength and hope.
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The magic words for a great family are,
"I love you just the way you are."
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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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A true friendship always feels safe and comfortable.
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Friendship often leads to love,
but lust seldom leads to friendship.
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A true friend is a rock upon whom you can depend.
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True friends are appreciative and never demanding.
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Exotic or ordinary, glamorous or plain,
exciting or boring - it's all in our point-of-view.
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The regrets and resentments etched in a heart
remain until they are cleansed away with love.
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To a very young child, mommy and daddy are gods.
We spend our lives looking to regain
that sense of being cared for and protected.
Thus religion.
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Life is a game - a game you can never win.
You already know the final score: Life 1, You 0.
Doesn't mean you can't have fun playing.
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Life is in our point-of-view.
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We CHOOSE our actions, thoughts, and feelings.
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None of us is perfect - and that's OK.
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Love without jealousy. Love without need.
Let love be an unconditional gift.
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Know the power of kindness.
Whatever you do, do with kindness.
Whatever you say, say with kindness.
Wherever you go,
radiate your kindness to all.
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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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The world just IS, and we all have our stories about it.
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Being angry is as close as a human being
can come to experiencing hell on earth.
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Life only appears complicated when one is worrying.
Relax, and life becomes simple again.
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All unhappiness comes from either
having less than yesterday,
or from having less than one's neighbor.
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To achieve success, stay relaxed - not stressed.
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Know that love has no limits.
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Regrets and resentments cause great suffering but fix nothing.
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Love Without Limits.
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Life is all in our Perspective.
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Life is NOT a constant emergency.
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Sometimes, our family's most important job
is reminding us how unimportant we are.
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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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You are my home - the place to which I always return.
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Life is a grand adventure - enjoy the ride.
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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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Life is a journey - enjoy the journey.
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Life is serious? Why?
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Life is a nurturing mother,
when you just remember to say "thank you."
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When one fully lives a life of acceptance,
life's vagaries are not merely tolerated,
but are received as a gift.
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Stay Happy, never let anyone get your goat.
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Life will not meet your expectations -
choose joy anyway.
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The common denominator of our heroes
is that each set their own course.
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Know the power and the peace of saying,
"I love you just the way you are."
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Mostly, it is human to dislike surprises -
often with great intensity.
Be open to new ways;
sometimes newness just knocks on our door;
welcome it.
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Truth is absolute, but only to one person.
My truth is absolute to me, and your truth is absolute to you.
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Choose love - always.
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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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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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Being angry harms your physical,
emotional, and spiritual well-being.
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Know the power of saying, "Thank you."
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We have no enemies,
we have only friendships that we haven't yet developed
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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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Everything we say, do, think, and feel
is a product of our personal history
and the collective history of humankind.
Our name for these histories is "prejudice."
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Hatred freezes hearts, while love warms them.
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Keep busy - with tasks that inspire you,
motivate you, or please you.
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Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open.
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The most powerful form of love is unconditional love.
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Love: if you have to ask,
it's not the real thing.
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Assumptions are beliefs that don't know they are beliefs.
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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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At the Core of Our Suffering
are those Self-Imposed Limitations (Assumptions)
of which We are Completely Unaware.
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Offense comes not from the mouth, but from the ear.
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Life is lived in the waiting.
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Anger is a destructive emotion
that becomes instinctive over the years.
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Life only
appears to be
rushing toward us
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Our unhappiness is triggered by either
having less than yesterday,
or having less than our neighbor.
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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 doesn't step on your toes when you Dance Lightly.
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Fear is the root of the tree of suffering.
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True love means putting the other person before yourself,
and honoring the relationship above all.
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Life is all a game anyway, so just change the rules.
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