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We try to discuss anger objectively. Yes, we reason, its an emotion were all prone to experience. Yes, the goal is to be free of resentment and anger. Yes, its okay to feel angry, we agree. Well, maybe...

Anger is a powerful and sometimes frightening emotion. Its also a beneficial
one if its not allowed to harden into resentment or used as a battering ram
to punish or abuse people.

Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems. Sometimes, it signals problems we need to solve. Sometimes, it points to boundaries we need to set. Sometimes, its the final burst of energy before letting go, or acceptance, settles in. And, sometimes, anger just is. It doesnt have to be justified. It usually cant be confined to a tidy package. And it need not cause us to stifle our energy or ourselves.

We dont have to feel guilty whenever we expense anger. We dont have to feel guilty. Breathe deeply. We can shamelessly feel all our feelings, including anger, and still take responsibility for our behaviors.

I will feel and release any angry feelings I have today. I can do that appropriately and safely.

Melody Beattie ©


When human beings stand by one another, testify to their faith, and witness each other's pain, miracles happen.

Marianne Williamson



Resist that hesitation you feel when you look around and see that no one in
your family or your neighborhood has ever done what you want to do. Avoid
the trap of believing that you won't succeed just because no one else has.

You are unique; no one else can do what you can do the way you can do it. No one else can judge whether your goals are realistic. They can never be in your shoes, and they can never know what you can achieve. It is amazing what you can accomplish when you really want something and are willing to do all it takes to get it.

Randi B. Noyes


The thoughts you "choose" to think create the experiences you have. If you believe that it is hard or difficult to change a habit or a thought, then your choice of this thought will make it true for you. If you would choose to think, "It is becoming easier for me to make changes", then your choice of this thought will make that true for you.

Louise L. Hay


One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Dale Carnegie


Love, compassion, and tolerance are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it if you have love, compassion, and tolerance.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama


"Summing up, it is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock."



Woody Allen





"God answers prayer in It's own way, not ours."


Mohandas Gandhi





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"Whereas the mind attempts to know the spirit by setting up conditions that must be met logically for there to be a release of love, the heart employs intuitive love as its way. It is not a conclusion of reasoning. It is the way of spontaneity, not the result of bargaining with the intellect. The heart trusts the inner wisdom that it feels and spontaneously knows, whereas the mind demands scientific evidence before it will trust."

Wayne Dyer


"To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling. Logic can tell you superficially where a path might lead to, but it cannot judge whether your heart will be in it."

Jean Shinoda Bolen


We don't open our hearts by ignoring the break lines. We take our hand, knowing it's held by God, and gently run our fingers across each crack.

Melody Beattie