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Moods should be heard but never danced to.

Hugh Prather

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
Writer
Hugh Edmondson Prather III
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Moods
Depression
Illness
Mood
Heard

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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
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Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.
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No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves
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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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Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition.
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Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things change the more I am the same. I am what I started with, and when it is all over I will be all that is left of me.
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Forgive and be happy. That is the ancient secret?the only wisdom ever to be attained.
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It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow.
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There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart.
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A whole mind cannot create chaos. A conflicted mind can create nothing else.
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If I work toward an end, meantime I am confined to a process.
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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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You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. You are only young once, then you need another reason to act foolish. You are the only authority on what is best for you.
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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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Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing. In this way boredom can act as an invitation to freedom by opening me to new options and thoughts. For example, if I can't change the activity, can I look at it more honestly?
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An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.
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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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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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I'd rather be happy than right.
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