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Monday, July 28, 2025

The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. - Terry Goodkind The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold. - Louis D. Brandeis... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 27, 2025

The foolish seek happiness in the distance; the wise grow it under their own feet. - J. Robert Oppenheimer Do the small things of life with a relaxed awareness. When you are eating, eat totally - chew totally, taste totally, smell totally. Touch your bread, feel the texture. Smell the bread, smell... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It’s a decision about Who You Are. When you see this and understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 25, 2025

Renew your own body, mind, and emotions; be kind, compassionate, and gentle with yourself. Then use your regenerated strength and renewed commitment to serve those in need. Don't forget to love yourself. - Soren Kierkegaard Be gentle first with yourself. - Lama Yeshe In my deepening understanding of... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 24, 2025

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. - Carlos Castaneda Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. - Martha Washington When any situation arises which tempts you to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain. - Vivian Greene When the tempest rages, when the thunders roar, and the lightnings blaze around us, it is then that the truly brave man stands firm at his post. - Luther Martin If you spend your whole... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Some look at things the way they are and ask, "Why?" I dream of things that never were, and ask "Why not?" - Robert F. Kennedy, paraphrasing George Bernard Shaw When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. We must speculate no more on our duty, but... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 21, 2025

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. - Malcolm S. Forbes Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Be aware of what is going on around you today - truly conscious. Don't make assumptions. Focus on looking behind the obvious. Make a conscious effort to observe life objectively and avoid the natural tendency to see only what you expect to see. As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Gratitude is an attitude that hooks us up to our source of supply. And the more grateful you are, the closer you become to your maker, to the architect of the universe, to the spiritual core of your being. - Bob Proctor It is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we... Sign in to see full entry.

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