emilyg's Blog

  Try to listen as often as you talk.  You might learn something new.

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1.  Thou shalt not be perfect or even try to be.

1.  Thou shalt not try to be all things to all people.

3.  Thou shalt sometimes leave things undone that ought to be done.

4.  Thou shalt not spread thyself too thinly.

5.  Thou shalt learn to say "NO".

6.  Thou shalt schedule time for thyself and for your supportive network.

7.  Thou shalt switch off and do nothing regularly.

8.  Thou shalt be boring, untidy, inelegant, and unattractive,  at times.

9.  Thou shalt not even feel guilty.

10.  Especially, thou shalt not be thine own worst enemy, but thine own best friend.

(from Oriah Mnt. Dreamer)

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  I don't want my cup half full or half empty.  I want my cup running over!!!  See your life as a cup that's full of the wonders of life.

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  Life presents itself to you and asks nothing of you.  You can take Life and swim deliriously through it, or you can fight it.  But when you elect to spend your time fighting it, you can't use the same time to enjoy it.

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  A Grandfather points to his grandson's chest and tells him there are two wolves living inside him.  One is loving, positive and courageous; it isn't afraid to help others and ask for help in return.  The other one is greedy, angry and fearful; it bullies others to hide its fear and to take what others have.  These two wolves are battling to be his guardian spirit.

  The boy asks which one is stronger.  The  Grandfather says, whichever one he feeds will be stronger and will be his guardian on his life path.

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  Things happen, and usually when you're not in the mood for them.

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  If you're driving someplace with a man, remember that he doesn't like to ask for directions.  That's why Moses was in the desert for 40 years.

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  Give yourself some rest from noise.  Turn off the radio, tv and yours ears will thank you.  Your soul will flourish.

Holding a grudge is like being in an airplane that can never land.  It's exhausting. and it can wear out your parts.  Find an airport called Forgiveness so you can get to your final destination.....Happiness.

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  Help others quietly, without expecting gratitude or rewards.  Let the healing power of your spirit run through your hand as you reach to touch another.

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  Remember that you are not the center of the universe.  It's more fun to travel the world than to think that you are the world.

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    If you slip, it doesn't mean that you're less valuable.  It simply means you have something to learn from slipping.

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  If you don't love yourself, nobody else will.  Not only that - you won't be good at loving anyone else.  Loving starts with the self.

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  You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality.

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  "The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new PM, and we envy them as we endure the endless wait for this small, dim man to go back to Texas and resume his life.  His party is coming to see that it must figure out how to tell the truth about him if it is to compete in 2008, but so far nobody has stepped forward and wound up to throw the pie.  Their clock is stuck in the fall of 2001.  They are sleepwalking toward the precipice."