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“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”

- Jim Rohn

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“Faith is an oasis in the heart”

- Kahlil Gibran

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“There is always music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.”

- Minnie Aumonier

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"When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others."

- Peace Pilgrim

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“One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be mere rushing on.”

- D.H. Lawrence

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“In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.”

- Albert Clarke

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The highest form of wisdom is kindness.

-Talmud Brakhot 17a

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The greatest hero is one who turns their enemy into a friend.

- Avot d’Rabbi Natan

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Remember those that are in bonds, as if you are bound with them; and those suffering under adversity, as if you yourselves are also suffering.

- Hebrews 13:3

Relief efforts continue in Haiti and will be needed for a long time to come.  There are many ways to be involved.  Here are just a few reputable organizations you might consider if you want some ideas for how you may help.

American Red Cross

CARE

UNICEF

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“There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.”

- Bryant H. McGill

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“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged [people] who kept on working.”

- Unknown

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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

- Socrates

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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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There's an important difference between giving up and letting go.

- Jessica Hatchigan

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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader ~ Daisaku Ikeda

Artwork entitled Mother Teresa by Mani Narayan

http://www.art-by-mani.com/

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Dear soul, Love alone cuts argument short, for it alone comes to the rescue when you cry for help against disputes. Eloquence is dumbfounded by Love: it dares not wrangle; for the love fears that, if he answers back, the pearl of inner experience might fall out of his mouth.

- Rumi, “Mathnawi”

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“Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: it's good to be silly at the right moment.”

- Horace

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“Hearing is one of the body's five senses. But listening is an art.”

- Frank Tyger

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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”

- Morrie Schwartz

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“The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.”

- Eli Khamarov

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I will be willing to learn from the spiritual teachers all around me, however unlikely or unlike me they may be.

This is day 10 of 10 as Light Moment offers a different New Year’s resolution each day based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

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I will give up trying to hide, deny, or escape from my imperfections. I will listen to what my shadow side has to say to me.

This is day 9 of 10 as Light Moment offers a different New Year’s resolution each day based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

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I will practice reverence for life by seeing the sacred in, with, and under all things of the world.

This is day 8 of 10 as Light Moment offers a different New Year’s resolution each day based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

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I will cultivate the skill of deep listening. I will remember that all things in the world want to be heard, as do the many voices inside me.

This is day 7 of 10 as Light Moment offers a different New Year’s resolution each day based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

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I will add to the planet's fund of good will by practicing little acts of kindness, brief words of encouragement, and manifold expressions of courtesy.

This is day 6 of 10 as Light Moment offers a different New Year’s resolution each day based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

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I will seek liberty and justice for all. I will work for a free and a fair world.

This is day 5 of 10 as Light Moment offers a different New Year’s resolution each day based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

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I will practice hospitality in a world where too often strangers are feared, enemies are hated, and the “other” is shunned. I will welcome guests and alien ideas with graciousness.

This is day 4 of 10 as Light Moment offers a different New Year’s resolution each day based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

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I will be thankful for all the blessings in my life. I will spell out my days with a grammar of gratitude.

This is day 3 of 10 as Light Moment offers a different New Year’s resolution each day based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

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I will cultivate the art of making connections. I will pay attention to how my life is intimately related to all life on the planet.

This is day 2 of 10 as Light Moment offers a different New Year’s resolution each day based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

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Happy New Year from Pastoral Care at Children's Memorial Hospital!

For the next 10 days, Light Moment will be offering a different New Years resolution based upon Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s “Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions”

I will live in the present moment. I will not obsess about the past or worry about the future.