Live, Learn, Let go and Love

The more you surrender to the fear of someone’s disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become for someone’s approval. Within you is a void that should have been filled by self-esteem. When you attempt to fill it with the approval of others instead, the void grows deeper and the hunger for acceptance and approval grows stronger. The only solution is to summon the courage to honor your own judgment, frightening though that may be in the beginning♥
~Nathaniel Branden

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She let go. Without a thought or word, she let go.She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the “right” reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.She didn’t ask anyone for advice. She didn’t read a book on how to let go. She didn’t search the scriptures. She just let go. She let go of all the memories that held her back. She let go of all the anxiety that kept her from moving forward. She let go of the planning and all the calculations about how to do it just right.She didn’t promise to let go. She didn’t journal about it. She didn’t write the projected date date in her Day-Timer. She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper. She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope. She just let go.She didn’t analyze whether she should let go. She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter. She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment. She didn’t call the prayer line, She didn’t utter one word. She just let go.No one was around when it happened. There was no applause or congratulations. No one thanked her or praised her. No one noticed a thing. Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.There was no effort. There was no struggle. It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad. It was what it was, and it is just that.In the space of letting go, she let it all be. A small smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forever more.Ernest Holmes

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Our relationships are our sacred responsibilities, for they are the framework within which life is lived. They show us where we have more learning and loving to do. Our interactions with others call up the disabling beliefs and negative patterns of behavior we need to release~ the cynicism, anger, resentment, and jealousy that block love’s flow. Our relationships are our mirrors; they reflect where we are in consciousness. And if we are willing to face the truth about ourselves, our relationships offer the lessons that lead to our greatest transformation♥~Susan L. Taylor

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Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone.Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall.Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life.Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.
~ Ute Prayer

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Resist the temptation to compare yourself to others in a negative fashion… . If you are in the midst of making such comparisons— stop! It is human nature to do some comparing, and when we are in a good spot and feeling pretty good about ourselves, it can even be positive, as it may inspire us to emulate someone else. But when we are wrestling with self-acceptance, comparing ourselves to others is one of the worst things we can do. It is tantamount to scolding a child who falls off his or her bike for lacking the skills of a professional bicyclist. We wouldn’t think of doing that, but when we compare ourselves to others, with us on the bottom and virtually everyone else above us and better than us, we are hurting ourselves just as heartlessly♥

Gary Egeberg

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When we fall in love with someone, we are also falling in love with aspects of ourselves that we see reflected in that person. We may feel that our loved one has qualities that we don’t have, but those qualities exist in us too and are as yet undiscovered or undeveloped ~ ♥ ~

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I AM giving myself the gift of forgiveness. I AM understanding that forgiveness of myself and others releases me from the past. I AM forgiving myself and others. I AM releasing the painful ties that bind me to others, by forgiving them. I AM setting myself free with forgiveness. I AM understanding that I am not my mistakes, nor are others. I AM completely releasing myself from the pains of the past, living now only in the present. I AM now able to move forward in my in areas of my life where I have previously been stuck, simply by forgiving myself and others. I AM respecting myself enough to forgive myself. I AM respecting the process enough to forgive others, and I AM moving forward in life, free from the pains of resentment♥ ~Breenies Dreamscape.com

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Courage faces fear and thereby masters it;cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it♥

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This woman has been kind, gentle, and has much love,All of this has been given withthe blessing of the Great Spirit above,But Great Spirit gave her somethingelse and she didn’t know it… The Great Spirit gave herthe blessing of being a warrior womanas now her light is lit!This warrior woman has come fully alive today,She is no longer anyone’s slave or prey,She is taking back her life today,And those who know who she truly is, can stay.No longer will she live the lives of others,She will give back the blames and responsibilities of otherswhere it belongs,For she also has the bear and wolf inside her,which is now so very powerful and uniquely strong.The warrior woman now knows what road she must follow,For others it will be to hard to swallow.Her life was taken from her unknowingly many years ago,And this warrior woman is taking back her life before the next winds blow.Oh Sister Moon you give me the strengthas a warrior woman to conquer what’s on my path,high above and way beneath,and the much needed strength to take on the wrath.This warrior woman is fully awakened and is taking a stand,taking the problems by the horns with my hand.I will conquer all that is there,all and who comes as they dare.Warrior woman has fully awoken,and many will see that they were mistakenin robbing her of her life.They as a thief, Warrior woman will conquer and have no grief!This warrior woman will protect her people, her son,and those who need her.If anyone hurts them, look out!They will hear a GGGGGGRRRRRRRRR,As they run and shout!This warrior woman is taking back her life,taking back the respect that was taken from herthroughout the years ever so slow.This warrior woman is removing pain and hurt from within the heartcaused by the knife,from all those who are both family and foe.I am claiming what’s mine, and my dignity,From those who live in this society of vanity.I am claiming back in full my heritage.And as a warrior woman, I am going to clean upmany years of carnage.For now standing in front of you,you see this warrior woman… you see me.Someone special has taught me to be free,From this day forward for me no more slavery…Gentleness, kindness, and love is part of me, and so is my dignity.This is NOT WEAKNESS, as others believe.But this strength is within me and within you.I will listen to the spirits and grow,I will travel in the whispering winds as they blow.All the work I now do will be for Our People and all nations,I will protect and guide the future generations.Now it is time for me to travel on my new path,As a warrior woman conquering all wrath.If you ever see and want to meet me,Please come, and I will also teach and share with you how to be free.Poem copyright © Lady J-Ann

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