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Balancing of Joy and Darkness

10/25/2020

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So few grains of happiness
measured against all the dark
and still the scales balance.

                      - from Jane Hirshfield, “The Weighing”

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Love has to be made

4/29/2019

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Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.                                                        —Ursula K. Le Guin
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The value of allowing others to be there for you

4/29/2019

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Emotional dependency is not immature or pathological; it is our greatest strength.
                                                  - from The Love Secret by Sue Johnson


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Having a reason makes all the difference

6/19/2016

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He who has a "why" to live for can bear almost any "how".
                                                             - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Reframing Fear

4/6/2016

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Fear is excitement without the breath...
--Fritz Perls
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Staying Afloat

2/19/2016

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Ships don’t sink because of the water around. Ships sink because of the water that gets in them.  Don’t let what happens around you get inside of you and drag you down.
​-- Unknown
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Recognizing Joy Brings Wisdom

11/1/2015

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When we are without joy, we grope in the dark. When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom. Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things are.             – from A Woman's Worth by Marianne Williamson
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Putting Failure in Perspective

7/22/2015

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Failure describes an event, not a person.
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Everyone is a Genius in Their Own Way

5/2/2015

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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
-- Albert Einstein
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Pick your labels

8/18/2014

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If you must label my child as something, "super awesome" will do just fine.
                   -- nationalautism.org
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