Inspiration for strength

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Inspiration for strength
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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 3:48pm

With all these discussions about the strength to get through this journey, I thought I'd share some that I have on my cork board and in a notebook I read over and over to get me through:

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" -Anais Nin

"I rip my heart open
I sew myself shut
My weakness is
that I care too much
My scars remind me
that my past is real
I rip my heart open
just to feel"
-Nietzsche

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyong measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."

"The riskiest thing you do is best. Never want to live the life of an ordinary mortal, it doesn't pay dividends." -Marianne Williamson

"If the path has heart, follow it"

"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. If doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squatting your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow. If you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it's not pretty, everyday, and if you can source your own life from it's presence. It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. It doesn't matter me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else fails."

Well, I know there are more, and I can't take credit for any of them. But they sure have helped me along the way. Print them out and put somewhere you can read them. Even if you aren't ending a marriage, or coming out. They can help in any tough situation.

Hugs,

Amy

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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 7:19pm
Beautiful stuff, Amy...no surprise coming from you!





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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 7:27pm

Thank you for posting those Amy! Just beautiful.......

Shannon

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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 7:52pm
Wow Amy!~ I like these 2 bestest.....

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" -Anais Nin

"I rip my heart open
I sew myself shut
My weakness is
that I care too much
My scars remind me
that my past is real
I rip my heart open
just to feel"
-Nietzsche

The 1st one actually.. I have gone though.. Thanks for sharing those..
((((((Hugs)))))



 C  >^. A .

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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 8:04pm

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 9:04pm

Gold star! ;) These are awesome! Love 'em! Especially Anais Nin. :) I remember devouring her books in my 20s. Time for a re-read, perhaps. Will have to check the library! :p

The longest one hit me hardest. What's *really* important about who we are, who we want to become.

ML


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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 9:37pm

Loved them all, wish I could speak and write that way.

Like ML, the longest one hit closest to home.

Hugs

Thelma

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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 9:54pm

Hey Blue and ML-I agree about the longest one. I printed it out and I read that thing so many times I thought I had it memorized. I haven't read it as much in the past few weeks, but I did a lot when I was still living at home and struggling so much about disappointing so many people and doing what I knew I needed to do for me.

I kept reading "I want to know what you ache for". I ache to be me.

Hugs beautiful women

Amy

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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 11:29pm

Welcome Shannon.

Amy

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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 11:30pm

Hey Cat. The Nietzsche really hits me sometimes when I think about how much it hurts to love someone.

Hugs,

Amy

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Tue, 08-21-2007 - 11:35pm

I really like that one Caly. That's going up on my board with the other ones!

Hugs

Amy

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