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This I can report from the front lines: life never calms down long enough for us to wait until tomorrow to start living the lives we deserve.
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Gardening really has no beginning and no end. In particular, pleasures of the sense of smell really know no seasons," Tovah Martin"
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And what we can see if we look deep within is that the authentic self is the Soul made visible. Do not try to remake yourself into something you're not. Just try making the best of what God made. The sacred art and craft of nurturing our souls and the souls of those we love is Simple Abundance soulcraft. Begin today by turning on the Light.
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To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition. --SAMUEL JOHNSON
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Let us each grasp a new idea this year. Let us grasp the awareness of what it is that makes us truly happy. Let us consider our personal preferences and learn how to recognize, then embrace, moments of happiness that are uniquely our own.
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Today you may not be familiar with the happiness habit. But like any new behavior, happiness can be learned.
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The outward and visible way in which we move through our daily round--the time, creative energy, emotion, attitude, and attention with which we endow our tasks--is how we elevate the mundane to the transcendent. Moments of illumination aren't just experienced by saints, mystics, and poets.
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The way you reach that awareness is through an inner journey that brings about an emotional, psychological, and spiritual transformation. A deep inner shift in your reality occurs, aligning you with the creative energy of the Universe. Such change is possible when you invite Spirit to open up the eyes of your awareness to the abundance that is already yours.
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Animals are our spiritual companions, living proof of a simply abundant source of Love.
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Our friends are the jewels in our crown of contentment.
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It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. --SOMERSET MAUGHAM
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Turning fifty is an entirely different matter altogether. "At fifty, the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore,"
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How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
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Every day we're given chances to embrace the new.
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The answers to your questions will come, but only after you know which ones are worth asking. Wait. Live your questions. Then ask. Become open to the changes that the answers will inevitably bring. This may take some time, but time is the New Year's bountiful blessing: three hundred sixty-five bright mornings and starlit evenings; fifty-two promising weeks; twelve transformative months full of beautiful possibilities; and four splendid seas..
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Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable,
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You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not," said the mother of modern style, Elsie de Wolfe,"
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Out of clutter, find simplicity. --ALBERT EINSTEIN After
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Simplify, simplify, simplify." This"
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No matter which route you take, within twenty-four hours the day will be over. Tomorrow should be better. But if it's not, nor the next day, or the next, then know that it's okay to ask for help from friends, a support group, a therapist, a doctor, or your Higher Power. Dark days come to all of us. Yet discouraging days bring with them golden opportunities when we can learn to be kind to ourselves. Believe it or not, today offers you a hidd..
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Stargazing is one of the oldest human pastimes and there's good reason for it. Gazing at the stars reminds us that there's more than we'll ever realize and that every day is another chance to follow the clues. Find a star to wish upon. *
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Make no mistake, when you start on the path to authenticity, Love will change you, transforming your life into countless ways. Your family and friends might not notice the changes in the beginning because they're so small. but you will, and you'll know that miracles are taking place. Love will dissolve your fears by creating opportunities you couldn't have imagined before you begin the search to discover and recover your authentic self. A..
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Offer grace for the bounty of goodness. Raise the song of harvest home, the glass of good cheer, the heart overflowing with joy. We have so much for which to be thankful. So much about which to smile, so much to share. So much, that in this season of plenty, we can embrace the season of relinquishment. All we have is all we need.
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within each of us lies a wellspring of abundance and the seeds of opportunity. For each of us there is a deeply personal dream waiting to be discovered and fulfilled. When we cherish our dream and then invest love, creative energy, perseverance, and passion in ourselves, we will achieve an authentic success.
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Be always ready for the gifts of God, and always for new ones" because "God is a thousand times more ready to give than you are to receive."
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Be Glad. Be Good. Be Brave. --ELEANOR HODGMAN PORTER
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Here Is All I've Counted Splendid Write it down, when I have perished: Here is everything I've cherished; That these walls should glow with beauty Spurred my lagging soul to duty; That there should be gladness here Kept me toiling, year by year... Every thought and every act Were to keep this home intact. --EDGAR A. GUEST
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Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. --JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
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Let me remember that each life must follow its own course, and that what happens to other people has absolutely nothing to do with what happens to me. --MARJORIE HOLMES
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The Simple Abundance path encourages us to be patient until we find what's perfect for us, rather than continue to waste our money, energy, and emotion settling for second-best or the second-rate.
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there is no competition on the spiritual plane.
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Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
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All women need more compliments in their lives. We need to give more of them to our families, friends, and strangers. We need to hear more of them, even if we have to give them to ourselves. But most of all, we need to bask in them.
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Cultivate the habit of giving at least one compliment a day to another human being, as well as to yourself.
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It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do,
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life's not a dress rehearsal.
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Everyday epiphanies encourage us to cherish everything. Today a new sun has risen. Everything lives. Everything can speak to your soul passionately if you will be still enough to listen. "You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life," actress Jane Seymour suggests, "so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content."
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Learn firsthand the transforming power of nurture over nature. Nourish your body with healthy food and pure water. Slow down and remember to breathe before taking a bite. Breathe out stress and negativity, breathe in oxygen and positive energy. Rediscover how marvelous it is simply to move: stretch, dance, walk, run, jump, skip, play, embrace. Pamper your body with comfortable clothes, quiet moments, and soothing beauty rituals. "A woman's ..
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An open home, an open heart,. here grows a bountiful harvest. --JUDY HAND
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Eve's act of radical curiosity" also gave us desire, appetite, and hunger." --
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Tidied all my papers. Tore up and ruthlessly destroyed much. This is always a great satisfaction. --KATHERINE MANSFIELD This
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Today I would love for all of us to get it at last: not to focus on what we don't have, but to be grateful for what we do. For us to accept, give thanks, bless, and share.
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There's a golden thread that runs through each of our lives.
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Pocketful of Miracles: Prayers, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year.
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