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When people are blessed they discover that their lives matter, that there is something in them worthy of blessing.

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Rachel Naomi Remen
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 8
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The secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.
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An unanswered question is a fine traveling companion. It sharpens your eye for the road.
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Grieving allows us to heal, to remember with love rather than pain. It is a sorting process. One by one you let go of the things that are gone and you mourn for them. One by one you take hold of the things that have become a part of who you are and build again.
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Perhaps losing integrity with yourself is the greatest stress of all, far more hurtful to us than competition, time pressure, or lack of respect. Our vitality is rooted in our integrity. When we do not live in one piece, our life force becomes divided. Becoming separated from our authentic values may weaken us.
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I think ideas only lead to change for intellectual people and not even them. What really leads to change is experience. Life itself is the teacher.
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Our limitations serve, our wounds serve, even our darkness can serve.
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Cancer changes your whole life.
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When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time.
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If you carry someone else's fears and live by someone else's values, you may find that you have lived their lives.
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It is not that we have a soul, but that we are a soul.
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I think that people get experiences, and out of those experiences come meaning and ideas. It's like watching a rose bush grow.
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Life is as complex as we are. Sometimes our vulnerability is our strength, our fear develops our courage, and our woundedness is the road to our integrity. It is not an either/or world.
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I spent the first forty years of my life making major interventions into other people's lives, and I have an idea of the limitations of that method. I see a major event as rather like major surgery. It is a moment, but whether people use it, whether people go with it, needs to be seen.
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The spiritual is inclusive. It is the deepest sense of belonging and participation.We all participate in the spiritual at all times, whether we know it or not.
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The worst thing that happens in life is not death. The worst thing would be to miss it. . . . I think the great danger in life is not showing up.
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