"An odd by-product of giving freely out of compassion and love is how it makes the giver feel. The more you give from a place of unconditional generosity, the more joy you feel." to others   Give It Away Now – Red Hot Chili Peppers (4:33) The Joy of Giving (1:11)  The Sound of Rain w/o Music Meditation  (10:01) In what ways have you “given it away”, lately?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_uHJPUlO8   Why Giving to Others Is Also Giving to Ourselves By Angela Lam Turpin "Start by paying closer attention to the people you encounter during the day. Soon you will…

“In this way, failures don’t feel so final; they feel like a twist on a path of exploration. That’s a path I’m happy to take.

Reframe. Refocus. Revise. Rinse. And repeat.”  (excerpt from 3 Simple Steps to Turn Failures into Success below)

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“Finally, on the seventh day, after marching around the city seven times, the horns sound, the fighting men shout, and the walls fall.” (more below on the Biblical battle for Jericho)

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“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” ~Ajahn Chah

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“Certain distressing or humiliating memories, we tell ourselves, ought not be shared with anyone. These will remain our secret.” “We hope they’ll go to the grave with us. Yet if [our program’s] experience means anything at all, this is not only unwise, but is actually a perilous resolve.” (12 & 12, p. 56 on keeping secrets)

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“Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain.  Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.” Excerpt from Maya Angelou’s poem Touched by an Angel

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“Deciding to live life on life’s terms is an endearing soul task. The immanent endearment reflects our acceptance of who we are while honoring the immensity of fate.” Paul Dunion, Huff Post Contributor Author and Psychological Healer

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“The ‘hidden tzaddikim’ were a group of unusually gifted and devoted Jews who, disguised as simple people, dedicated their lives to improving the plight of their Jewish brethren both spiritually and materially.”  Herschel Goat
From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (on the “gift from within”)

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” … So I have been using a tool counting back from 5 to 1 in situations where it seems as though I’m afraid or being worrisome.  … I find that when I focus on me in each situation I find so much love and light at the end of each day.” – Jacqueline Habhab

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“Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.”  (Zonr excerpt from the poem  on injustice by Langston Hughes)

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