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Live with an Open Heart

Dance, when you’re broken open.

Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off.

Dance in the middle of the fighting.

Dance in your blood.

Dance, when you’re perfectly free.

—Rumi, 13th century Persian poet

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Fret Not

Don’t worry,

be happy!

—Meher Baba

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Becoming Your Best You

Close your eyes

and imagine the best

version of you possible.

That’s who you really are.

Let go of any part of you

that doesn’t believe it.

—C. Assaid

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Take Time to Heal

To everything there is a season,

a time for every purpose under the sun.

A time to be born and a time to die;

a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

a time to kill and a time to heal…

a time to weep and a time to laugh;

a time to mourn and a time to dance…

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to lose and a time to seek;

a time to rend and a time to sew;

a time to keep silent and a time to speak;

a time to love and a time to hate;

a time for war and a time for peace.

—Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

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You’re Braver Than You Know

Promise me you’ll always remember:

you’re braver than you believe,

and stronger than you seem,

and smarter than you think.

—Christopher Robin to Pooh, A.A. Milne

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What You Can Rise From

You may encounter many defeats,

but you must not be defeated.

In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,

so you can know who you are,

what you can rise from,

how you can still come out of it.

—Maya Angelou

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Wisdom Untangles the Mind

The Tao is wisdom eternally inexhaustible.

Fathomless for the mere intellect,

The Tao is the law wherewith all things come into being.

It blunts the edges of the intellect,

Untangles the knots of the mind,

Softens the glare of thinking,

And settles the dust of thought.

Transparent yet invisible,

The Tao exists like deep pellucid water.

Its origin is unknown,

For it existed before Heaven and Earth

—Lao Tsu

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Finding Contentment in Every Situation

I know what it is to be in need,

and I know what it is to have plenty.

I have learned the secret of being content

in any and every situation,

whether well fed or hungry,

whether living in plenty or in want.

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

—Philippians 4:12–13

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Shine Your Light and Share Your Light

Thousands of candles

can be lit from a single candle,

and the life of the candle

will not be shortened.

Happiness never decreases by being shared.

—Buddha

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Happy Is the Person Who Does What Is Right

Doing the right thing is our best gift;

That is what brings us bliss and happiness.

Happy and blissful is the person who does what is right,

because it is the right thing to do.

—Vohu Prayer

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Take the Lesson in Everything That Happens

And even in our sleep,

pain that cannot forget

falls drop by drop upon the heart,

and in our own despair,

against our will,

comes wisdom to us

by the awful grace of God.

—Aeschylus

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Know There Is Love in the World

At the center of the universe is a

loving heart that continues to beat

and that wants the best for every person.

Anything we can do to help foster

the intellect and spirit and emotional growth

of our fellow human beings, that is our job.

Those of us who have this particular vision

must continue against all odds.

Life is for service.

—Fred Rogers, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

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Have a Compassionate Heart

Be kind,

for everyone

you meet

is carrying

a great

burden.

—Ian Maclaren, 1898

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Sink into Joy

Flowers, sesame-seed, bowls of fresh water, a tuft of kusha grass,

all this altar paraphernalia is not needed

by someone who takes the teacher’s words in

and honestly lives them.

Full of longing in meditation,

one sinks into a joy that is free of any impulse to act,

and will never enter a human birth again.

—Lalia, 1381

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Life Is Not for the Faint of Heart

Fearlessness is better

than a faint heart

for any man who puts

his nose out of doors.

The length of my life and the day

of my death were fated long ago.

—Ancient Norse Verse

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It’s OK to Be Vulnerable

Don’t worry, it’s going to be OK.

It’s all right, little one, you’re safe and loved.

It’s OK to cry, it’s OK to be afraid, it’s OK to be weak,

it’s OK to be vulnerable, it’s OK to be human.

It’s from all these elements that we grow,

and it’s from all these elements that I am born out of you.

I Love You.

You’re not alone.

So long as you reach out to others, you’re never alone.

Ask for my help in loaning you the courage you already have.

It’s not that I never give you more than you can handle,

I am not responsible for the consequences of your actions,

only you are.

Stay on the path if you’re suffering

by taking the steps you need to take.

Hang on and hang in there, because it’s now

that you’re growing at light speed.

You’re never going backward, only forward.

—Anonymous

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Don’t Forget to Color Outside the Lines

Your attitude is

like a box of crayons

that color your world.

—Allen Klein

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Put Aside All Anxious Thoughts

Do not look forward to what may happen

tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares

for you today will take care of you tomorrow and

every day. Either He will shield you from suffering,

or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it.

Be at peace, then. Put aside all anxious thoughts and

imaginations, and say continually:

“The Lord is my strength and my shield.

My heart has trusted in Him and I am helped.

He is not only with me but in me,

and I in Him.”

—St. Francis de Sales