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The more I look around and listen I realize that I'm not alone. We are all facing choices that define us.
-Sabrina Ward Harrison

In this series on fear, I started by talking about how fear contributes to isolation and loneliness. And that facing fear can be a challenge because it defies rational thought and disguises itself in many forms. Finally, I discussed conquering fear by exercising courage muscles on a regular basis.
I’d like to wrap up this series […]

...attempting the mastery of fear is useless. In fact, it asserts the power of fear by the very assumption that it need be mastered. The true resolution rests entirely on mastery through love.
-Foundation for Inner Peace
A Course In Miracles

Uniqueness is inherently human. Each of us contains a unique character, and perhaps more significantly, a unique perception of the world around us. This uniqueness seems to make it impossible to relate with another person entirely.
When we allow ourselves to be immersed in love with another or with God, we give up a little bit […]

Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.
-W.J. Cameron

At Christmas time, we all seem to take on bi-polar personalities. We find ourselves filled with passion and thrusting from extreme joy and excitement to extreme frustration and fear. Memories from the past bring warm nostalgic feelings and mournful sorrow. The gift giving tradition fills us with abundance, joy, apprehension and debt. Expectations are high, […]

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
-Phyllis Diller

The mouth of the Big Carp River flowing into Lake Superior in the back country in Porcupine Mountains State Park in Michigan.
Most of us do not enjoy conflict. We usually seek peace and symbiosis in our relationships with others, our jobs and the many things we juggle in our lives.
Sometimes though, conflicts arise, and we […]

Remember we're all in this alone.
-Lily Tomlin

Jean Browman at cheerfulmonk.com wrote a post earlier this week, At Home in the Universe, in which she writes about the feeling of loneliness that some of us can feel sometimes and fears that go along with feeling alone. She has opened up a discussion on this topic and has asked several bloggers, including myself, […]

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.
-Eric Hoffer

This is part 4 of a 4 part series on forgiveness. Part 4 in this series discusses forgiving yourself and finding peace with your past. The parts in this series are as follows:

Why Should We Forgive?
Building Deep, Meaningful Relationships Through Forgiveness
Overcoming Trauma Through Forgiveness
Forgive Yourself and Find True Inspiration

It is often the case that when […]

To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.
-Robert Muller

This is part 2 of a 4 part series on forgiveness. Part 2 in this series covers how to apply forgiveness in your relationships to allow them to grow.
The parts in this series are as follows:

Why Should We Forgive?
Building Deep, Meaningful Relationships Through Forgiveness
Overcoming Trauma Through Forgiveness
Forgive Yourself and Find True Inspiration

Everyone Is Capable of […]

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