Perseverance

The word “perseverance” in Latin means, “one who doesn’t yield.” In Chinese, the character for perseverance is often the same as the one used for patience. In English, it describes how we maintain our activity in spite of difficulties. Tenacity, steadfastness, persistence, doggedness – these are all common synonyms. (Margaret J. Wheatley. Perseverance.)

Wishing you peace and well being as life offers you lessons on how to persevere.

PS: Remember to hold the one’s you love just a little closer and tighter this week._/\_

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Fixed Ideas

All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions. And at the bottom, those opinions are merely our efforts to escape the underlying uneasiness of being human, the uneasiness of feeling like we can’t get ground under our feet. So we hold on to our fixed ideas of “this is how it is” and disparage any opposing views. (Pema Chodron. Living Beautifully: With Uncertainty and Change)

Wishing you peace and well being as you come to see your likes and dislikes as merely as likes and dislikes.

PS: Remember to hold the one’s you love just a little closer and tighter this week._/\_

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Your Story

“The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means you can invent the language to say who you are and what you mean.”  (Toni Morrison,author, editor, professor, Nobel Prize winner, Pulitzer Prize winner)

Wishing you peace and well being as you discover your own story.

PS: Remember to hold the one’s you love just a little closer and tighter this week._/\_

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Self-Deception

The two witnesses of what you do are others and yourself.  Of these two, you are the only one who really knows exactly what is going on.  So work with seeing yourself with compassion but without self-deception. (Pema Chodron. Always Maintain A Joyful Mind)

Wishing you peace and well being as you work with your self-deception.

PS: Remember to hold the one’s you love just a little closer and tighter this week._/\_

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