Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
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The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world.
– Ayn Rand
This week, we have the somewhat rare return of the Two of Swords. The [...]
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Be really whole
And all things will come to you.
– Lao-tzu
Today, we finish up the exercises from Chapter Nine, “Recovering a Sense of Compassion.” I hope that this chapter truly has opened up some of your deepest blocks, so that compassion and love for your inner creator are unleashed to flood through your spirit.
How did you [...]
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The point of power is always in the present moment.
– Louise L. Hay
First, I just have to say – Thank you!
I so deeply appreciate the many kind responses to my call for help on Friday’s post.
As you may realize, this blog is pretty much a labor of love. Rather than being the kind of [...]
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Annie: I’ve heard you help people with horse problems.
Tom Booker: Truth is, I help horses with people problems.
From The Horse Whisperer
Today we begin to find useful ways to deal with our creative U-turns, how to even turn them into the great opportunities in disguise they might be.
The first step of course, is to acknowledge them. [...]
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Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.
–David Lloyd George
Last week we started exploring what Julia calls the “Creative U-Turn.” It often happens just as we are about to have a breakthrough (but of course, we don’t necessarily know this at the time). It’s [...]
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When the world says, “Give up,”
Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.”
– Author Unknown
I just love how there is a magic of synchronicity that happens on the Web. Often, when I am focusing on a particular topic, as if by coincidence (but we know better, don’t we?), some of my favorite bloggers, from very different [...]
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Grandmother Frier © Carol GerbingI cannot count the good people I know who to my mind would be even better if they bent their spirits to the study of their own hungers.– M.F.K. Fisher
Concluding our ruminations today on how we use our age and other methods to stay blocked, it is time to reconsider some [...]
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The Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to the Autumn Equinox. Like all Full Moons, it rises as the sun sets. But at the harvest time, this was especially helpful, allowing farmers to continue to work in the fields by the light of the Moon.
The Full Moon is always in the sign opposite of [...]
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When God closes a door, She always opens a window, but sometimes it’s hell in the hallway.– AnonymousWe are considering the ways that setbacks and “failures” may be opportunities in disguise. To the artist, whose entire viewpoint is about finding creative, out-of-the-box pathways, you would think such detours would be second nature to us.But as [...]
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Sorrow © Brenda BowenAdversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. — Arthur GoldenToday we start Chapter Eight, Recovering a Sense of Strength. I want to let you know that we are back in [...]
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