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“We are the intelligent elite among animal life on earth and whatever our mistakes, [Earth] needs us. This may seem an odd statement after all that I have said about the way 20th century humans beca...”
“Scientifically, I know beginnings don't exist. The world is made of energy, which is neither created or destroyed. Everything she is was here before me. Everything she was will remain. Her existenc...”
“2 All of Me Be Gentle My Friend Be gentle with yourself, forgive yourself for mistakes, dont expect to be perfect just get moving, and keep putting one foot in front of the other Love *** *”
“This worlds anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back.”
“Heading back into your life to dust off and decipher old memories allows you to fully grasp how much power you have always held in your life. It helps you start to see that the way you have stored ...”
“CLOVER: I take hold of my daughter, knowing her life may be complicated, not seem fair, and often a cruel joke.I cant protect her from self-doubt and denial, things all of us inevitably face one wa...”
“Once you realize that your relationship is more important than your individual point of view. Thats where the true definition of union lives.”
“What if the longer we dont deal with the memories we are haunted by, the more these memories, like long-ignored cavities, become not only painfully sensitive, but require root canal?”
“That was how it always was with Colleen: No matter how sad she felt, there was always this little bit of hope - like a speck of glitter caught in your eyelash - that never went away, no matter what.”
“Our foibles, issues, lies, and idiosyncrasies are not the problem, I swear. Our hiding them is. Its what leaves us not trusting each other and not developing ourselves to become trustworthy.”
“Telling the whole truth and nothing but is the ultimate taking care of yourself. I cant tell you how many clients of mine, once they clean up their lie list and resolve the big ones, cure themselve...”
“Look. The world is full of liars, and its time someone admitted it, shed a light on it, and lightened up about it.”
“Our mind has a mind of its own.”
“Ever notice how we are constantly talking to ourselves in our heads. We not only profess to know what others are thinking, but also what their responses will beand even what they really meant by wh...”
“Being able to tell the truth about our own lack of personal integrity has integrity to it. The key to being able to deal with and lighten up about our own humanity is to get wholly honest about our...”
“Ever notice how on a bad day you never deserve a salad? I mean how long do you think your bad mood would really last if you only fed your brat celery? How many bad days would your brat tolerate if ...”
“Did you ever notice that most of us relate to our lives like we have no control or say over them? Especially in areas where were not proud. We speak about ourselves like were reporting on the weath...”
“Perhaps, too, in the "shift-the-blame" society we live in, we have forgotten how to weep over our sins. David, the psalm writer, said, "When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning ...”
“So although there is no phoenix here, there is, nonetheless, a fierce, stubborn, wildly insightful, arrogantly honest, crazily committed, and caring human, who will take the heat, the brunt of what...”
“Inside each of us is our ideal life: our true north.”
