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Let's look at ten small places in our lives where we are trying to do the impossible and where, as a result of our misunderstanding, we are still sowing and reaping the harvest of frustration and headache:
1. It is impossible to make others see where they have made a mistake.
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You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.
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No condition outside ourselves can create a rut or trap us in it. It's impossible.
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Wasting your time in anxious worry over what you may not have is a good way to waste what you need to get it.
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We are the subject of all that we have yet to realize, and the object of all that we have realized.
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The only reason your mind won't stop its endless chattering is because you won't stop listening to it!
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The way you answer life's events, and what you experience as your life, are really one.
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Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.
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In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. The trap is always who we are
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Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"
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Do you know what a good life is? A good life is a life in which you never have to think about yourself again. You know why? Because you can't think about yourself without producing fear.
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What we find in life is based on where we put our attention. When we focus on the small worlds our thoughts create, we miss out on the beauty and possibilities we are meant to enjoy.
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We are not here to learn to play, we are here to play to learn.
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Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.
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A prisoner mentality is anything that blames anything outside of you for the pain you have.
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Every wall that I run in to is what I have yet to understand about myself and this life, and there is no other wall, none.
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See that any time you feel pained or defeated, it is only because you insist on clinging to what doesn't work. Dare to let go and you won't lose a thing except for a punishing idea.
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It's imposssible to discover who you really are if you limit what you are willing to find out about yourself to only what you want to know.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
Guy Finley
Born:
February 22, 1949
(age 75)
Bio:
Guy Finley is an American self-help writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter and musician.
Known for:
The secret of letting go (1990)
The Essential Laws of Fearless Living (2007)
Let Go and Live in the Now (2004)
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