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Live with an Open Heart
Dance, when you’re broken open.
Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your blood.
Dance, when you’re perfectly free.
—Rumi, 13th century Persian poet
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Fret Not
Don’t worry,
be happy!
—Meher Baba
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Becoming Your Best You
Close your eyes
and imagine the best
version of you possible.
That’s who you really are.
Let go of any part of you
that doesn’t believe it.
—C. Assaid
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Take Time to Heal
To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal…
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance…
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.
—Ecclesiastes 3:1–8
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You’re Braver Than You Know
Promise me you’ll always remember:
you’re braver than you believe,
and stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think.
—Christopher Robin to Pooh, A.A. Milne
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What You Can Rise From
You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from,
how you can still come out of it.
—Maya Angelou
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Wisdom Untangles the Mind
The Tao is wisdom eternally inexhaustible.
Fathomless for the mere intellect,
The Tao is the law wherewith all things come into being.
It blunts the edges of the intellect,
Untangles the knots of the mind,
Softens the glare of thinking,
And settles the dust of thought.
Transparent yet invisible,
The Tao exists like deep pellucid water.
Its origin is unknown,
For it existed before Heaven and Earth
—Lao Tsu
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Finding Contentment in Every Situation
I know what it is to be in need,
and I know what it is to have plenty.
I have learned the secret of being content
in any and every situation,
whether well fed or hungry,
whether living in plenty or in want.
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
—Philippians 4:12–13
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Shine Your Light and Share Your Light
Thousands of candles
can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle
will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.
—Buddha
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