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If You Feel Lost….

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“If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.” ~ Masaru Emoto

Something Sweet to Read to Yourself

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I recommend reading it aloud to yourself slowly, three times... because it's so sweet.

I am the infinite deep
In whom all the worlds appear to rise.
Beyond all form, forever still.
So am I

Ashtavakra Gita

Take Care of Yourself

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In times of intensity, it's easy to get caught up in caring for everyone except yourself. You know how that works: often you're the primary caregiver for everybody:you're caring for your kids, working too much, and there's always more "stuff" to do. This can put you on a never ending cycle of busy-ness. And then finally you either snap in anger, or collapse, exhausted and unable to move.

That's why it's so very important to take at least a few minutes every day just for you. Every day. 

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Choosing Your Thoughts

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Changing your thoughts changes everything.  

The nature of our thoughts determines the quality of our life.  This is not an overstatement.  Your thoughts will determine whether you are content or discontented,  optimistic or  depressed.  Many times, you will find that simply by having an "attitude of gratitude" and changing your thoughts to focus on your many blessings, will change your entire feeling about your life -- even though the circumstances in your life haven't changed at all.

What did change?  The way you chose to think about your life.

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Specialization is for insects

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In this life, we have so many opportunities to expand our reality.  Play with it! Expand! Please don't let yourself be limited by a specific role you play.  You'll play lots of roles, and wear lots of hats.  Let each new game you play, add to the expansion of who you are.  

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

(Well, being a vegan, I'm probably not interested in learning to butcher a hog, but the rest of it... I just love this quote.)

Heinlein is so right!  Specialization is for insects.