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**Leaters** · 04-11-2006, 02:43 PM

There are so many...

Richard Bach "Illusions..."
Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go. Og Mandino's God Memorandum...
Weep no more. I am with you ... and this moment is the dividing line of your life. All that has gone before is like unto no more than that time you slept within your mother's womb. What is past is dead. Let the dead bury the dead.

AND...
You have been born again ... but just as before, you can choose failure and despair or success and happiness. The choice is yours. The choice is exclusively yours. I can only watch, as before ... in pride ... or sorrow. Dean Koontz One Door Away From Heaven...
Change isn’t easy…Changing the way you live means changing how you think. Changing how you think means changing what you believe about life…When we make our own misery, we sometimes cling to it even when we want so bad to change, because the misery is something we know. The misery is comfortable…

“Its also true that sometimes…your life can change for the better in one moment of grace, almost a sort of miracle. Something so powerful can happen, someone so special comes along, some precious understanding descends on you so unexpectedly, that it just pivots you in a new direction, changes you forever.” The Journeyer by Gary Jennings
“A life entirely devoted to the avoidance of wrong seldom achieves anything exceptionally right – or anything at all.”
But the one that often gets me thru the day is "This too shall pass"
Student: Master, tell me something that will make me laugh if I am crying?

Master: Just contemplate the meaning of these words: "And this too shall pass."

Student: Oh, I see, master. Well, Master, what will make me cry if I am laughing?

Master: Just contemplate the meaning of these words: "And this too shall pass." When you truly begin to understand, you will be enlightened, and enlightenment does not pass.
Great topic Madgael!!!

04-11-2006, 02:43 PM	#9
Leaters Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	There are so many... Richard Bach "Illusions..." Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go. Og Mandino's God Memorandum... Weep no more. I am with you ... and this moment is the dividing line of your life. All that has gone before is like unto no more than that time you slept within your mother's womb. What is past is dead. Let the dead bury the dead. AND... You have been born again ... but just as before, you can choose failure and despair or success and happiness. The choice is yours. The choice is exclusively yours. I can only watch, as before ... in pride ... or sorrow. Dean Koontz One Door Away From Heaven... Change isn’t easy…Changing the way you live means changing how you think. Changing how you think means changing what you believe about life…When we make our own misery, we sometimes cling to it even when we want so bad to change, because the misery is something we know. The misery is comfortable… “Its also true that sometimes…your life can change for the better in one moment of grace, almost a sort of miracle. Something so powerful can happen, someone so special comes along, some precious understanding descends on you so unexpectedly, that it just pivots you in a new direction, changes you forever.” The Journeyer by Gary Jennings “A life entirely devoted to the avoidance of wrong seldom achieves anything exceptionally right – or anything at all.” But the one that often gets me thru the day is "This too shall pass" Student: Master, tell me something that will make me laugh if I am crying? Master: Just contemplate the meaning of these words: "And this too shall pass." Student: Oh, I see, master. Well, Master, what will make me cry if I am laughing? Master: Just contemplate the meaning of these words: "And this too shall pass." When you truly begin to understand, you will be enlightened, and enlightenment does not pass. Great topic Madgael!!!
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