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We can't control the world, but we can control our reactions to it.

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Susan Jeffers
Age: 74 †
Born: 1938
Born: March 3
Died: 2012
Died: October 27
Psychologist
Writer
Hazleton
Pennsylvania
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World

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people who refuse to take risks live with a feeling of dread that is far more severe than what they would feel if they took the risks necessary to make them less helpless - only they don't know it!
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Every time you encounter something that forces you to “handle it,” your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive, no matter what happens. And in this way your fears are diminished immeasurably.
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Learn the richness of solitude & quiet. That still small voice is yearning to be heard.
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There is not a person alive who is not capable of greatly contributing to the well - being of this planet. Just changing your attitude can affect the world around you.
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Rejection never feels good, but it certainly hurts less when we are not needing something from the person who is rejecting us.
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For some reason, when you become a support to others, you become bigger than you are.
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Remember that underlying all our fears is a lack of trust in ourselves.
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Taking responsibility means not blaming yourself. Anything that takes away your power or your pleasure makes you a victim. Don't make yourself a victim of yourself!
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You're not a failure if you don't make it. You're a success because you tried.
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Our goal is to enjoy, not to achieve perfection
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When we give from a place of love, rather than from a place of expectation, more usually comes back to us than we could ever have imagined.
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Saying yes means getting up and acting on your belief that you can create meaning and purpose in whatever life hands you.
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I said to myself: 'You mean all those people out there that I've been envying because they're not afraid to move ahead with their lives have really been afraid? Why didn't somebody tell me!?' I guess I never asked.
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Success is... living a full and balanced life in partnership with others to create a joyful feeling of love, contribution, appreciation and abundance, despite how our endeavors may turn out.
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If the sign on your heart says WELCOME, the love will come pouring in from everywhere.
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The source of our love comes from within. No one out there is that source. It makes sense to go to the source.
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