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[blue]To be happy and know that we are happy is to fully receive the gift of humanness.
To suffer and know that we suffer empowers us to transcend our suffering. ~ unknown
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[red] "Love is patient love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not
proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no
record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. " [red]

[purple] We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an
imperfect person perfectly. -- Anonymous [purple]

[blue]Love in any form conquers the world of hate in others.[blue]

[gray]Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look
beyond the imperfections.
--Unknown [gray]

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -
they must be felt with the heart."
->Hellen Keller

"life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take
your breath away"

[purple] January 18, 2005 - 11:29 PM

And you learn yet again.. that worry never cures anything it only creates different
things.

Maliciousness never allows happiness, it only makes everyone in the mix feel bad in the
end.

You realize that hiding yourself, doesn't mean people don't see, and that being real with
everyone you meet only makes the best impacts in life.

You see things through the eyes of a child, yet the mind of an adult, and you know one
thing that is the most important... that love is the answer to life. Not necessarily
romantic love.. just love in general.

You see that others are very different then yourself, but you don't see them as different
when you look through the eyes of a human being.
Simple.
Yet so many don't see it.
What is it?
They look through their own eyes.. and never live a mile in anyones shoes..
Happiness is always found within the realms of a giving spirit and an open mind [purple]



[blue]My Declaration of Self-Esteem

by Virginia Satir


I AM ME

In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me
Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine
Because I alone chose it - I own everything about me
My body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions,
Whether they be to others or to myself - I own my fanatasies,
My dreams, my hopes, my fears - I own all my triumphs and
Successes, all my failures and mistakes Because I own all of
Me, I can become intimately acquainted with me - by so doing
I can love me and be friendly with me in all my parts - I know
There are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other
Aspects that I do not know - but as long as I am
Friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously
And hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles
And for ways to find out more about me - However I
Look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever
I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically
Me - If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought
And felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is
Unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that
Which I discarded - I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do
I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be
Productive to make sense and order out of the world of
People and things outside of me - I own me, and
therefore I can engineer me - I am me and


I AM OKAY [blue]

Those who find beautiful meaning in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there
is hope... - Oscar Wilde

Disassociation from reality does not create a better tomorrow. It only forces tomorrow
into the next day.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
-Eleanor Roosevelt

"By helping others, we forget about our own problems--and feel younger in the
process."
By Stephen Ruppenthal


The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love
others

-Vincent Van Gogh

""Learn as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die tomorrow."
- Gandhi

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful
beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask
ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you
not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about
shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine,
as children do. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. As we let our own light
shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated
from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others" Mandela