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bfbaf28 There but for the grace of serotonin go the rest of us. Barbara Kingsolver
e3ecd6e She laid the side of her face against his frail old heart, where the pink shell of her ear could capture whatever song it had left. Barbara Kingsolver
aa3d92b Except for her weak foundation. The ruin of many a girl, I guess. Barbara Kingsolver
4981077 our best task is to move forward without insisting others slide backward. Barbara Kingsolver
d746468 The wounds of this ruptured nation lie open and ugly. Barbara Kingsolver
e50eaa7 I realized that I had come to my own terms with the desert, but my soul was thirsty. Barbara Kingsolver
6c7d2e5 It is in his absence I prosper. Barbara Kingsolver
993c54a Most people lived so far from it, they thought you could just choose, carnivore or vegetarian, without knowing that the chemicals on grain and cotton killed far more butterflies and bees and bluebirds and whippoorwills than the mortal cost of a steak or a leather jacket. Barbara Kingsolver
089203d I'm out of the habit. I've spent years trying not to want. Just, you know, as an endeavor, like quitting smoking. Barbara Kingsolver
60ab165 First thing in the morning, last thing at night, whenever a fight with Tig left her in pieces, it had been her mother who put Willa back together. When someone mattered like that, you didn't lose her at death. You lost her as you kept living. Barbara Kingsolver
d3497cc that mothers' and daughters' hearts can be crushed so repeatedly without learning to defend themselves. Barbara Kingsolver
693b353 Was it normal now for parents to operate in the dark? She never knew what was fair to ask. Barbara Kingsolver
9b2e826 Mom. The permafrost is melting. Millions of acres of it."Willa tried to see a connection. "And I'm just worried about my house. That's your point?"Tig shook her head. "It's so, so scary. It's going to be fire and rain, Mom. Storms we can't deal with, so many people homeless. Not just homeless but placeless. Cities go underwater and then what? You can't shelter in place anymore when there isn't a place."Willa tucked her hands between her kne.. Barbara Kingsolver
5451a96 All knowledge measured, first and last, by one's allegiance to the teacher. Barbara Kingsolver
140f5e7 You and I are not like other people. We perceive infinite nature as a fascination, not a threat to our sovereignty.... When the nuisance of old mythologies falls away from us, we may see with new eyes. Barbara Kingsolver
0fb26b2 leadership is a sacred trust earned from the respect of those Henry Mintzberg
fe3a62f being a manager' means not merely assuming a position of authority but also becoming more dependent on others, Henry Mintzberg
27e8ef7 A good part of the work of managing involves doing what specialists do, but in particular ways that make use of the manager's special contacts, status, and information. Henry Mintzberg
9b20ff3 The needs and companionship of a bird provide a reason to get up in the morning. The value of this cannot be overestimated for older bird owners and single people who are on their own. Birds provide all the benefits of the humananimal bond, including lower blood pressure and reduced levels of stress. Julie Rach Mancini
2a9829e The Advanced Level is Mastery of the Basics advanced-coaching-platform advanced-learning mastery-of-oneself mastery-of-skills mastery Ray Mancini
de9ba0c Watchin' an old fight film last night Ray Mancini and Duk Koo Kim The boy from Seoul was hangin' on good But the poundin' took to him And there in the square he lay alone Without face, without crown And the angel who looked upon him She never came down You never know What day is gonna pick you, baby Sun Kil Moon
9a8fbfd Science provides us with the methods we need to discover the truth. However it is only by developing wisdom through spirituality that provides the force we need to generate meaning in our lives. meaning spirituality science wisdome meaning-of-life Ray Mancini
07f811e Night had fallen on San Francisco. Once upon a time, the romantic city's evenings had brought with it the sound of Henry Mancini's beautiful Lujon, but now there was no music left for me. Claire had taken the music of my heart with her, and I hated her for that. Hated her almost as much as I still loved her... Bobby Underwood
d6d4a75 Creativity is the result of renunciation on the journey of spiritual enlightenment, not of a thirst for glory or personal pride. enlightenment spirituality life renunciation glory pride creativity Ray Mancini
6dd0c23 In today's world, if a woman earns her own living and lives by her own terms, she is a superhero. Lisa Mancini
73cea6e money. Halfway through that fifth grade year there was no money out on anyone's desk. Barthe DeClements
b649021 Love in your mind produces love in your life. This is the meaning of Heaven. Fear in your mind produces fear in your life. This is the meaning of hell Marianne Williamson
dafd845 The "face of Christ" is the innocence and love behind the masks we all wear," Marianne Williamson
03b63e0 We're not at the mountaintop until any zone is comfortable. Love isn't love until it's unconditional. Marianne Williamson
0c95881 The return to love is hardly the end of life's adventure. It's the real beginning. A course in miracle says we think we have many different problems but we really only have one: denying love is the only problem and embracing it is the only answer. power-of-love Marianne Williamson
2cdb600 Sometimes it takes the knife that emotionally pierces our heart, to pierce the walls that lie in front of it. Marianne Williamson
68d084a Second, we resist love because it jams the rational mindset. The mortal mind cannot understand how miracles work, and for our entire lives we are taught to mistrust what cannot be rationally explained. Yet the fact that we cannot understand how miracles work does not mean that miracles don't happen. And while Western science argued for ages that the state of our inner being has little effect on the state of our world, even science today arg.. Marianne Williamson
84c12a5 Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation for an action, is as important as the action itself. --Marianne Williamson, Healing the Soul Katherine Woodward Thomas
4bc75fb Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. - Marianne Williamson Susan Garrett
8a0ca66 We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present. Marianne Williamson Darryl Marks
4b8a971 universally accepted that children need love, but at what age are people supposed to stop needing it? We never do. We need love in order to live happily, as much as we need oxygen in order to live at all. Marianne Williamson
87286b2 Childishness is when we're so preoccupied with things that ultimately don't matter, that we lose our essential connection with things that do. Marianne Williamson
adcd9a3 A moment of crisis can be a moment of growth, as the wounded self prepares to transform. From the chrysalis of my pain, I will forge my healing--the wings of my newborn self. Marianne Williamson
e7b6a97 Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the presence of one, the other disappears. All the darkness in my life--the fears, neuroses, dysfunctions, and diseases--are not so much things as the absence of things. They represent not the presence of a problem but rather the absence of the answer. And the answer is love. All fearful manifestations disappear in the presence of love. Marianne Williamson
b3e143f Where you hadn't yet dealt with your shadows, you manifested shadowy situations. Broken parts of you encountered broken parts of others. Marianne Williamson
4c2839b The Course teaches that fear is literally a bad dream. It is as though the mind has been split in two; one part stays in touch with love, and the other part veers into fear. Fear manufactures a kind of parallel universe where the unreal seems real, Marianne Williamson
5d8a136 God knows our crooked places that need to be made straight, the wounds in our hearts that fester for years unhealed, the broken pieces of our lives that seem beyond repair. And He who is the author of miracles has infinite desire as well as power to heal them all. Marianne Williamson
2942832 Fear in your mind produces fear in your life. This is the meaning of hell. Marianne Williamson
d210fc1 En nuestro sueno, el dolor que no puede olvidar cae gota a gota sobre el corazon humano y en nuestra desesperacion, contra nuestra voluntad, viene la sabiduria a traves de la tremenda gracia de Dios. Marianne Williamson