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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

~ Epictetus

 

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Your ability to attract love in your life is directly tied to your ability to love and value yourself, so never settle for less then your true heart’s desire!

~ Orna Walters

 

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While your experiences of your past will shape you, in no way do those experiences have to define you.

~ Carole Brody Fleet

 

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Action without study is fatal. Study without action is futile.

- Mary Ritter Beard

 

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Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you.  Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

-Helen Keller

 

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Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'

- Maya Angelou

 

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I do not understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are, but does not leave us where it found us.

- Anne Lamott

 

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Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.

- Bahá'u'lláh

 

In the Baha'i faith, today is observed as the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh. For more information on this holiday, please consult http://www.planetbahai.org/cgi-bin/articles.pl?article=36

 

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The giving of Torah happened at one specific time, but the receiving of Torah happens all the time, in every generation.

- Meir Alter, the Gerer Rebbe

 

Today at sundown ends Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks.  It is the second of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance in the Jewish faith.  It includes celebrating God’s giving of Holy Scripture to the ancient Israelites.  For more information: http://www.jewfaq.org/holidayc.htm & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavuot

 

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A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go though the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.

- Mildred White Struven

 

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We cannot sow thistles and reap clover. Nature simply does not run things that way. She goes by cause and effect.

-Napoleon Hill

 

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The best portion of a good [person’s] life: [the] little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.

- William Wordsworth

 

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Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

- M. F. K. Fisher

 

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To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

- David Viscott

 

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It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor [person] perfected without trials.

- Chinese Proverb

 

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Play to your strengths. Don’t listen to anyone who tries to define you by your deficits.

~ Maria Ross

 

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The journey begins where you are, not where you want to be! So be here now and embrace the present moment, and all it offers.

~ Charlene Proctor

 

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Hospitality is a concrete expression of the love that now binds us to God and to one another.

- John S. Mogabgab

 

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Seek to find beauty in everything you look at and you will find it. Invite beauty into your life and your life becomes more beautiful.

~ Phil Bolsta

 

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People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun's out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light within.

- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

 

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With people, it is impossible; but to God all things are possible.
- Matthew 19:26

 

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I believe in justice and truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

 

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Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied towards a meaningful end.

- Dr. Thomas Dooley

 

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We have only this short life in which to prove our love.

- Edel Quinn

 

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Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

- unknown

 

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Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.

- Midori Koto

 

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I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

~ Vincent Van Gogh

 

Tonight is National Nightshift Workers Day (or really Night). Take time to thank those who tend the night!

 

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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

~ Henry David Thoreau

 

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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

~Marcus Valerius Martial

 

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All of life is a quest. See the good in all you are and more good will occur to and through you.

~ Cyndi Dale

 

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A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

~Hugh Downs

 

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One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears--by listening to them.

- Dean Rusk

 

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The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

~ Denis Waitley

 

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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

~ William Arthur Ward