Barriers to Love

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” - Rumi If God is indeed love and man was created in the image and likeness of God (rather than the converse which seems to be how most people see …

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To Have Succeeded

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a little better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, …

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Change

Have you ever noticed how significant changes tend to come in waves? It's as if change is in the air and everyone's breathing it so there is almost no choice but to participate in the buzz. I've seen this happen at work (and just about every other sphere of my life for that matter) over …

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To Imagination

"To Imagination" by Emily Brontë When weary with the long day's care, And earthly change from pain to pain, And lost and ready to despair, Thy kind voice calls me back again: Oh, my true friend! I am not lone, While thou canst speak with such a tone! So hopeless is the world without; The …

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Love and Imagination

"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination." - John Keats I believe that the spirit of God is the spirit of love. God and love in this sense are synonymous. To the degree that the heart is pure, one sees God, that is, love, …

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Spannungsbogen

Spannungsbogen by Gregg Hake Charged with ancient purpose, eye fixed upon the prize, I hold the wingèd arrow fast. Watching Love's eternal wheels, I wait with bated breath. Then Love exhales from the East; Tension held, I poised, Wait for heaven's signal. Stars align, the time is come! He! He! ﹣ Arrow now free Darts …

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A Heart at Rest

A true friend could be defined many ways, but one of the greatest qualities of a true friend is his or her ability to help your heart come to rest. Such soothing might come in the form of an uplifting smile, a thoughtful gesture, a kind word, or a helping hand, or it might come …

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Full Potential

When I consider the remarkable achievements of man - his sprawling agricultural victories, the construction of his great cities, and the kaleidoscopic development of his cultures - I cannot but ask myself, as children do each generation without prompting: "Why must we struggle, why must we fight with one another?"Diversity need not imply conflict. Diversity …

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