Words of Wisdom 19 (Jan 19 - Jun 19)

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Discovering emptiness brings a lightness of heart, flexibility, and an ease that rests in all things. The more solidly we grasp our identity, the more solid our problems become.

—Jack Kornfield, “No Self or True Self?”

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Changing ourselves involves learning how to develop those states, behaviors, and dispositions that are healthy, while allowing the unhealthy ones to atrophy from neglect…

Generosity, kindness, and wisdom, can save us from ourselves.

—Andrew Olendzki, “Turning the Corner”

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Sympathetic joy is a heartfelt gratification that accompanies the awareness of another’s well-being.

It’s a joy entirely devoid of expectations.

Instead, it carries one of life’s greatest pleasures: celebrating the happiness of others.

—Ellen Agler, “In the Spirit of Service”

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Kind words are good medicine, but deceitful words can really hurt.

Proverbs 15:4

Source: Life Changing Words

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"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."

MICHELANGELO

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The practice of true generosity is rare; it is an exchange in which both giver and receiver are enriched.

—Judy Lief, “The Power of Receiving”

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By gently robbing negative emotional patterns of their power and by practicing positive modes of thought and action, we bring balance to our inner lives, and our minds will gradually become habituated to remaining calm, stable, and clear.

—Lawrence Levy, “Balancing Emotions”

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“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”

MARCUS AURELIUS

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"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

AESOP

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“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

THEODORE ROOSEVELT