Eileen Anglin - instinct

"Trust your instincts. For they are coming from the angels who watch over you." ~Eileen Anglin

Charles Fowler - give it a chance

"Do not always prove yourself to be the one in the right. The right will appear. You need only give it a chance." ~Charles Fowler

THOUGHT TO PONDER: Why?

"Why do some people hurt you and then act like you hurt them? ~Steve Wentworth

Quotes on MINDFULNESS

MINDFULNESS defined:
ˈmʌɪn(d)f(ʊ)lnəs/
noun

1. the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.
"their mindfulness of the wider cinematic tradition"

2. a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.

"Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognise a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won't)." ~James Baraz (from Living Life Fully)

"Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now." ~Jon Kabat-Zinn (from Living Life Fully)

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THOUGHT TO PONDER: From Emotional Filmtricks

"You can be a wife material and still not be his choice. Not because you're not good enough, but because he's not looking for a wife. He's looking for fun, chill, games and nothing serious. Let him do that but with someone else! You deserve better!" ~Emotional Filmtricks

Annie Johnson Flint - strength

"But God has promised strength for the day." ~Annie Johnson Flint

Elena Duggan - permission to dream

"(Masterchef)... It gives me the permission to dream" ~Elena Duggan, Network Ten TV Masterchef 2016 Winner, 26 July 2016. She's a creative and performing arts teacher at Galston High School, NSW.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY: unfashioned creatures by Mary Shelley

"We are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves — such a friend ought to be — do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures." ~Victor Frankenstein from FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley

Baptiste De La Salle - on photographic decorum

"There are some people who raise their upper lip so high...that their teeth are almost entirely visible. This is entirely contradictory to decorum, which forbids you to allow your teeth to be uncovered, since nature gave us lips to conceal them." ~Baptiste De La Salle, author Of 'The Rules of Christian Decorum and Civility of 1703'

Georgia O’Keeffe - World for the moment

“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.” ~Georgia O’Keeffe

Joyce Carol Oates - writing changes everything

“One must be pitiless about this matter of mood. In a sense writing will create the mood. Generally I've found this to be true. I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card, when nothing has seemed worth enduring for another five minutes... and somehow the activity of writing changes everything.” ~Joyce Carol Oates

Ardeille Iris Pielago - draw strength

"Whenever I feel down, I draw strength from You, my Lord. I draw inspiration from my patients who are fighting battles in their early age. Live. Fight. Survive." ~Ardeille Iris Pielago

Gordon MacDonald - rest God commanded

"We do not rest because our work is done; we rest because God commanded it and created us to have a need for it." ~Gordon MacDonald, from Our Daily Bread

A THOUGHT TO PONDER: single beautiful thought

"The person who sows a single beautiful thought in the mind of another, renders the world a greater service than all the fault-finders combined." ~Napoleon Hill

Kenneth Wapnick Quotes

"I place the future in the Hands of God." ~Lesson 194 A Course in Miracles

"Nothing changes in the world, but everything changes in the mind as the decision maker realizes its mistake and chooses truth instead of illusion - the light of forgiveness instead of the darkness of guilt." ~Kenneth Wapnick PhD, Journey Through the Workbook of A Course in Miracles

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Mohammed Attai Quotes

"Conversations can humanise (these) experiences. Tensions can be quelled or defused just through face-to-face contact."

"Most Australians are on the same page when it comes to extremism, whether that's Muslim extremism, right wing extremism or left wing extremism."

"Unfortunately a lot of this intolerance and lack of understanding happens because there's no real interaction with that other, whether it's Muslims, or previously with Senator Hanson maybe she had less Asian interaction. In time she has increased her interaction, and she has adopted a better understanding."

~MOHAMMED ATTAI, Sydney psychologist

Source: QandA via Starts at 60
July 20, 20160

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Nelson Boswell - rule

“Here is a simple but powerful rule: always give people more than what they expect to get." ~Nelson Boswell

Kovie Biakolo Quotes

”It’s okay to want things other people have; it is quite natural and we should want good things for ourselves. But we should not fool ourselves into thinking that other people have picture-perfect lives. Everyone struggles, everyone hurts, and everyone is enduring something that they probably won’t tell you about. Whatever picture people paint their life as, rest assured that any one life in all its parts is beautiful and dark, hopeful and weary, a blessing and an everyday battle. Focus on the good parts of your life and be grateful for your own set of problems because if you knew what everyone else was going through, you would probably still choose your own life. Don’t compare yourself to anyone and while we’re at it, let’s be a little kinder to each other along the way.” ~ Kovie Biakolo

“Whenever people tell us that we’ve changed or that we’re changing, there is a tendency to wonder whether we are changing for the better or for worse. Because change isn’t usually only about bringing in new things. And sometimes the things we leave behind aren’t things, they’re people. And it’s tough to find yourself losing sight of the people who you thought knew you the best. Or perhaps, they’re losing sight of you. Either way, the vision is not so clear anymore. And everyone knows it.” ~Kovie Biakolo

“You need to make friends with yourself. It’s corny and it’s cliché but it’s also the truth. Because there will be certain times in your life that it’ll feel like you’re all you’ve got. And when those times come, you have to be enough to get by.” ~Kovie Biakolo

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Sarah Montgomery - gorgeous moments

"Love is sweet, delicate, dreamy, an eternity of gorgeous moments." ~Sarah Montgomery

From Our Daily Bread - speak to me Lord

"Lord, speak to me by Your Spirit, Your written Word, and the assurance of Your direction." ~Our Daily Bread

Heather Plett - judgment

“What does it mean to hold space for someone else? - It means that we are willing to walk alongside another person in whatever journey they’re on without judging them, making them feel inadequate, trying to fix them, or trying to impact the outcome. When we hold space for other people, we open our hearts, offer unconditional support, and let go of judgment and control.” ~Heather Plett

Quotes From Great Lives Are Made

"If we focussed less on "improving" others and and more on "improving" ourselves, I'm sure the world would be a happier, more loving and tolerant place. Reminds me of that poem by an anonymous yet insightful author:
"Build a better world", said God
And I answered "How? The world is such a vast place and so complicated now. I'm so small and useless. there's little I can do."
So God in all His wisdom said, "Just build a better you."" ~from Great Lives Are Made

"There are some pretty horrible things happening in the world and it's so easy to despair or feel we can't really do much. Yet even though we can't all make a difference in massive ways, the cumulative effect of many small actions and kindnesses can gather momentum and make significant positive differences way beyond what we can imagine. Keep the faith. Don't lose hope." ~from Great Lives Are Made, FB

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Alex Martin - Perception

"Perception cannot occur without the automatic actuation of previously acquired information." ~Alex Martin

Robert Thurman - Give thought to giving

"Practice giving things away, not just things you don’t care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment you overcome that count. So don’t bankrupt yourself on a momentary positive impulse, only to regret it later. Give thought to giving. Give small things, carefully, and observe the mental processes going along with the act of releasing the little thing you liked." ~Robert Thurman

Natsuki Takaya Quotes

"Saying she doesn't mind being alone … that she's alright … There isn't a person alive who'd really feel that way." ~Natsuki Takaya

"Sometimes living can be hard, but it's only because we are alive that we can make each other laugh, cry, …be happy! In this world, if that's not a reason for being born in this world… I don't know what is." ~Natsuki Takaya

"Those who hurt others also hurt themselves." ~Natsuki Takaya

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