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I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel.

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
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Hugh Edmondson Prather III
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One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for.
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Stands must be taken. If I am to respect myself I have to search myself for what I believe is right and take a stand on what I find. Otherwise, I have not gathered together what I have been given I have not embraced what I have learned I lack my own conviction.
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When we persist in looking for and finding what there is to value within our self, we discover a pure and loving being.
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The fatal mistake is waiting for life's circumstances to be right before we begin. Simply begin with your heart, look deeply into it and trust what you feel. Practice knowing and you will know.
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Don't strive for love, be it.
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perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.
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No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves
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When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.
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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
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If I work toward an end, meantime I am confined to a process.
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A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.
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It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow.
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My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it.
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Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.
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We are all saying the same thing in different words.
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It is your right to be happy. This is what you were made for. And if you will not resist, happiness will find a way to pour from your heart and fill your days.
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When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can be surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate the world, but to be happy and to know peace.
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Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.
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Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.
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Next time I will ... From now on I will ... - What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow?
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