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I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

Elizabeth Lesser

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Life is about change, it never stops, it's moving and it's moving this human body inexorably towards its demise.
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Over and over, we are broken on the shore of life. Our stubborn egos are knocked around, and our frightened hearts are broken open—not once, and not in predictable patterns, but in surprising ways and for as long as we live.
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I actually don't think we're more divided than we were.
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If you have fathered a child, if you have given birth, if sex is a source of healthy pleasure, thank your pelvis and your reproductive organs for allowing you to feel the creative rhythms of life.
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I'm not naive. I know how hard it is to get along.
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Love is the secret you unmask yourself to find it is the foundation of the spiritual life, the destination where all roads of the journey lead.
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I've realized that aging is the younger cousin of dying. ... How much time do I have left? We become aware that we're on the downside of the mountain, coasting toward our final days.
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Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen.
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Each one of us regardless of our situation, is in our search of our most authentic, vital, generous and wise self.
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I can only do what I do with a spirit of humor, and faith and give the controls over to something else.
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I think the gender story will become less fraught with hard edges - and not that we'll have androgyny, but that men and women will move more fluidly into each other's domains.
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Learn respect for the feeling function: Become aware of and undo some of your (improper) cultural training so that you grant the moods and messages of the heart the same respect that you give the thoughts and ideas of the mind.
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See what's happening to our sisters around the world. I'm very interested in the protection of women globally.
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Сertainly there are people for whom anti-depression medication has allowed them to use difficulty to wake up, and I don't deny that at all, but as usual with us human beings, we've overdone it. We are self-medicating ourselves away from the great awakening moments, and losing our coping skills and losing wake-up calls.
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May you listen to the voice within the beat even when you are tired. When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead. May every experience in life be a door that opens your heart, expands your understanding and leads you to freedom.
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Every day we're given a choice: We can relax and float in the direction that the water flows, or we can swim hard against it. If we go with the river, the energy of a thousand mountain streams will be with us . . . if we resist the river, we will feel rankled and tired as we tread water, stuck in the same place.
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We don't need any more teachers. We don't. We need friends.
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We need each other's ideas. Now, I'm not talking about racist ideas or misogynistic ideas or cruel or criminal ideas. I'm talking about most of us who have very varied experiences, needs and ideas. It's really about believing that it's an important part of healing America.
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As humans try to evolve out of greed, let's put aside some wild places, protected lands, protected farms, things like that, since we may not evolve fast enough to protect nature.
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We need to claim our power for something beautiful, something harmonious and something globally healthy.
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