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April 13, 2011 by Deb Elkin

Practicing Gratitude in Difficult Times

Spring has sprung! I look around at the forsythia, the redbuds, the weeping cherry trees, the azaleas and the dogwoods getting ready to pop, and I take a deep breath, I smile, and I feel my body let go. It reminds me about what is good in the world in general and in my world in particular. And I … [Read more...]

August 20, 2010 by Deb Elkin

Blessings and Miracles in Our Lives

Every day I get a handful of emails from my friends and family, of jokes, short little touching stories, and requests to sign on for various causes. Occasionally it is annoying, (like when someone sends me 12 at a time!), but mostly I welcome them because the truth is, I can never get too many … [Read more...]

August 13, 2010 by Deb Elkin

Practicing Gratitude

My new next door neighbor came by today for the first time. I showed her around my house and told her about all of my renovations and projects that I’ve done since I’ve been here. And as we left to go out for lunch, I was almost literally struck with a feeling of gratitude for all I have been … [Read more...]

October 11, 2008 by Deb Elkin

Letting Go of Attachment

I started writing this article 5 days ago, and have been writing and revising and writing and revising ever since. It’s never right, it’s never good enough. I’ve been deeply frustrated. Everything else I’ve written to date has flowed out of me pretty easily. But this time, I can’t seem to say what I … [Read more...]

"Take care of your thoughts when you are alone" and,"take care of your words when you are with people."

A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. e.e.cummings

Change is inevitable. Growth is an option.

"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again." Abraham Maslow

Remember. The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit. Be patient. Be humble. Keep moving forward and know that all this hard work you're putting in day in and day out WILL produce the results you've been looking for. Your time is coming. Do not give up.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. Rumi

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh" he whispered. "Yes Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, "I just wanted to be sure of you."

Wisdom is learning how to live in harmony with the world as it is in any given moment.

When life knocks you down, roll over and look at the stars.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Mother Teresa

The single most important issue for traumatized people is to find a sense of safety in their own bodies. Bessel van der Kolk

Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde

You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. C.S. Lewis

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. Audre Lorde

Some people are going to leave but that's not the end of your story. It's the end of their part in your story.

Look for something positive in every day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.

Never assume that loud is strong and quiet is weak.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. Carl Bard

Cark Bard

If it can be solved, there is no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use.

Dalai Lama

Worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles. It takes away today's peace.

Wisdom never forgets that all things have two sides.

Carl Jung

Fall down seven times. Stand up eight.

Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.

So this is the part where I'm supposed to tell you it's not scary. Well, it is. But fear is natural, fear is good - it just means you're growing.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Albert Einstein

Maturing is realizing how many things don't require your comment.

Feelings are just visitors. Let them come and go.

Mooji

Never assume that loud is strong and quiet is weak.

These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.

Rumi

Today I decided to forgive you. Not because you apologized, or because you acknowledged the pain that you caused me, but because my soul deserves peace.

N.Zebian

“Give yourself a day of doing nothing to balance the discordant days of doing too much. Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.”

Scottish author and poet George MacDonald

When we numb the darkness we numb the light. Brene Brown

I am learning to love the sound of my feet walking away from things not meant for me.

My grandmother told me, "Never hide your green hair - They can see it anyway."

Angeles Arrien

I See You!

I Am Here!

African Bushman ritual