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Life is not suffering it's just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind's attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
Author
Competitive Diver
Motivational Speaker
Trampolinist
Writer
LA
California
Daniel Jay Millman
Life
Ride
Suffer
Suffering
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Enjoy
Happens
Attachments
Matter
Freely
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The world's a puzzle no need to make sense out of it. - Socrates
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Be happy now, without reason - or you never will be at all.
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My life has been less like a light switch suddenly turning on, and more like a dimmer switch slowly turned up, over time, more in some moments than others.
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Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other.
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The quality of your moments produces the quality of your life. So, as thoughts come and go and the waves of mind rush on, Carpe punctum-Seize this moment. It deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again.
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Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. - Paradox: Life is a mystery don't waste your time trying to figure it out. - Humor: Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure - Change: Know that nothing ever stays the same.
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Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow, signaling the later days of autumn.
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Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.
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The seasons do not push one another neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.
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My parents, like others of The Greatest Generation who lived through the Great Depression and World War II, wanted to provide the best possible life for their children. My mother and father both attended college but dropped out to earn a living during the Depression, working the rest of their lives at blue-collar work.
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Wisdom is the use of knowledge
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If we agree on everything, only one of us is necessary.
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Conscious evolution begins as we take responsibility for clearing our own obstructions.
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Everything you need to know is within you. Listen. Feel. Trust the body's wisdom.
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Unless the desire to change remains strong, body and mind tend to return to old, familiar patterns. It takes time-from three to six months-for old habits to become obsolete. By the end of that time, you'll have adapted to a new pattern. In a sense, you'll have found a new way of life.
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Enlightenment is not an attainment it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes. If a blind man realizes that he can see, has the world changed?
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A Zen student asked his roshi the most important element of Zen.The roshi replied, Attention. Yes, thank you, the student replied. But can you tell me the second most important element?And the roshi replied, Attention.
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everyone tells you what's good for you. they don't want you to find your own answers. they want you to believe theirs.
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Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it.
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May you find grace as you surrender to life. May you find happiness, as you stop seeking it. May you come to trust these laws and inherit the wisdom of the Earth. May you reconnect with the heart of nature and feel the blessings of Spirit.
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