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Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Make peace with the knowledge that you can't have everything you want. Why? Because it's more important for us to get everything we need.
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Second thoughts have aborted more dreams than all the difficult circumstances, overwhelming obstacles, and dangerous detours fate ever could throw at you.
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Whatever you are waiting for-peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of Simple Abundance-it will surely come, but only when you are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.
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...start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress. Works-in-progress are never perfect. But changes can be made...Art evolves. So does life. Art is never stagnant. Neither is life. The beautiful, authentic life you are creating for yourself is your art. It's the highest art.
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What if you began to expect the best from any situation? Isn't it possible that you could write new chapters in your life with happy endings? Suspend your disbelief? Take a leap of faith? After all, what have you got to lose but misery and lack?
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Often writers cast their words out prophetically, as a sorceress might cast a spell, and many times when the words return to you, enclosed between covers, your phantom is so fully fleshed out in its own persona, you don't recognize your own creation.
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No one needs to know that you've shut the world out and are meditating as you stroll down the street. Twenty minutes to a half-hour every day is a good amount of time to restore a sense of serenity.
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One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.
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Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.
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Little changes and little choices add up to be revolutionary changes in your life.
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Remember, no matter what life throws at us, we can always bake a cake!
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How could I expect more from the universe when I didn't appreciate what I already had?
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Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.
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Human beings, as far as I can tell, seem to be divided into two subspecies -- the resigned, who live in quiet desperation, and the exhausted, who exist in restless agitation.
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That each day that you love, honor, and respect your own unique point of view, you're a step closer to finding a fortune.
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Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.
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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
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When I think about my father, the first image that comes to mind is holding his hand as he drove me to the train station six weeks before he died I had never noticed how beautiful his hands were until I saw them, for the first and last time, entwined in mine.
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Since the choice of what we curl up with is often crucial for our solace and sanity, we need to learn how to nurture the talent of selection. Book browsing is a meditative art...Books are as essential as breathing.
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The only person in all the world who can give you pleasure, or deny it, is yourself. No matter how much we love someone, the decision to experience pleasure, and to make room for it in our lives, is an internal one. If you are resistant, you could be around the most joyous people in the world and be miserable.
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