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 Tomorrow is a new day with new possibilities. And there I was, having a conversation with myself, as that creeping voice inside me continues to amplify my thoughts. That voice inside me.I...

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster."  Deep down inside me, there is peace and happiness hidden for my protection, but you'll never know,...

“Why do people have to lose love, only to find out what they really had?”I think about how gentle she was, the memory of her soft beauty permanently etched in my mind.My eyes fell in love with...

Don't cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.I must admit, I am a little tired. Not tired of life, not tired of living, just tired of taking it. I'm getting beside myself, bitching about...

'You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.”The art of everyday survival is to absorb and spit and swallow only that which is necessary.Upon reflection, I was inspired...

Unhappiness and suffering are states of mind, so relief of pain cannot be found outside the mind.Today I was thinking about a Twilight Zone movie I once saw and enjoyed. It was about a man who was...

“We've grown to be one soul - two parts; our lives so intertwined that when some passion stirs your heart, I feel the quake in mine.”  Inspired by a journal I read on this site recently, I was...

Now you see it. Now you don't. Blinders are used to keep the horse focused on what is in front of it. The horse can't see anything in it's peripheral vision.My reasoning is; most of what we have...

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain.- Vivian GreeneI happened upon this quotation without looking for it. It was as if it fell into...

The mind is noisy, always chattering to itself , chattering about something or nothing. Trying to talk to itself, to convince itself of something; it is always moving, noisy. And from that noise,...

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." "I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work." I just recently I decided I will no longer...

I think that being in control requires one to have the ability to analyze life situations from the outside in, rather than the inside out. That process requires an individual to see life events...

To my Daily Strength Family and Friends, In about a week or so, I will be closing my account on this site, while I pursue an opportunity that may help to provide better financial freedom. This...

There is a life pulse or flow of loving energy, that we share daily on this site, to provide each other with emotional nutrition, to help us conquer the issues that brought us to this place, at this...

Unfortunately, pain is a part of life we can not avoid. We are vulnerable to mental, physical and emotional pain because we are alive. It would be my guess, that every living thing, to some degree,...