It took a while, to get like this; true smiles and true happiness, enjoying every moment of every day, being friendly to everyone and expecting no reward. I once was sad, bitter and cold. All of my smiles […]
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“You can’t avoid pain but you can choose to overcome it.” – Paulo Coelho Pain. We all have it. It is the residual aching from loss, failure, and betrayal. It is having to live with the mistakes you’ve
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Freedom is that faculty which enlarges the usefulness of all other faculties. – Immanuel Kant As a yogi and meditation teacher, I consider myself to be relatively aware of my body’s signals and the ramblings of my mind.
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“Life isn’t just to be endured, it’s to be enjoyed.” ― Gordon B.Hinckley It wasn’t apparent the moment the Hawaiian Airlines jet touched down on the tarmac at Honolulu International Airport, but it didn’t take many days to
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Say yes. Live dangerously. Dance like no one’s watching. Sound familiar? Get out of your comfort zone. Meet strangers. Make small talk. When are you allowed to leave? An hour? Half an hour? What’s your excuse when you
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“It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.” – Andre Gide In 2007, a friend of mine invited me to join her on a three day supported ride of the
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“The future turns out to be something that you make instead of find.” – Lewis Lapham I lost my father unexpectedly. My father suffered from a brain aneurysm and passed away immediately. My father was my rock, my
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It was on my daughter’s third birthday that I decided my life just had to change. At the time, my wife and I had four young children. We were living outside London, and I was commuting into the
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“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.” – Arnold Bennett I hate coffee. I hate beer. I hate alcohol. I especially hate bourbon. I hate talking to new people. I
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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin No one is going to die your own death FOR you, and so no one has the
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“The meditation cushion is a good place to turn when talk therapy and antidepressants aren’t enough.” – Unknown There exist countless varieties of meditation. Depending on what one seeks, there is probably a meditation for it. Common goals
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