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Meditation Garden.............
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Reflections of Friendship, Love & Life
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LOVE IS (by Susan Polis Schutz)
Love is...
being happy for the other person
when they are happy
being sad for the other person
when they are sad
being together in good times
and being together in bad times
Love is the source of strength
Love is...
being honest with yourself at all times
being honest with the other person at all times
telling, listening, respecting the truth
and never pretending
Love is the source of reality
Love is...
an understanding that is so complete that
you feel as if you are a part of the other person
accepting the other person just the way they are
and not trying to change them to be something else
Love is the source of unity
Love is...
the freedom to pursue your own desires
while sharing your experience with the other person
the growth of one individual alongside of
and together with the growth of another individual
Love is the source of success
Love is...
the excitement of planning things together
the excitement of doing things together
Love is the source of the future
Love is...
the fury of the storm
the calm of the rainbow
Love is the source of passion
Love is...
giving and taking in a daily situation
being patient with each other's need and desires
Love is the source of sharing
Love is...
knowing that the other person
will always be with you regardless of what happens
missing the other person when they are away
but remaining near in heart at all times
Love is the source of security
Love is the source of life
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Poems.........
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TO LET GO TAKES LOVE (Unknown)
To let go does not mean to stop caring
It means I can't do it for someone else
To let go is not to enable, but to allow
learning from natural consequences
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which
means the outcome is not in my hands
To let go is not to care for, but to care about
To let go is not to judge, but to allow
another to be him or herself
To let go is not to be in the middle
arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others
to determine their own destinies
To let go is not to be less protective
it is to permit another to face reality
To let go is not to dominate but to be willing
to let things happen
To let go is not to betray the past
but to have faith in the future
To let go means to fear less and love more.
(by Ashley)
I don't know if roses grow because we need them in the winter
to remind us of the spring, or if roses - like a friend -
simply remind us of growing up and going on to do great things
And if a rose were ever chose for its power, without a friend to give it to
I don't know what that means. But I know that just one rose
can bring a smile to any day.......so I went ahead and sent you three.
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Words of Wisdoml.........for the soul......
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Love is not gazing into each other's
eyes, it is looking outward together in
the same direction.
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet
sheds on the heel that has crushed it. (Mark Twain)
A great many people think they are thinking
When all they are doing, is re-arranging their prejudices.
We should all plant some trees we will never sit under.
Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns.
He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
(Sivananda)
In the end, we take with us
Clutched in our hands,
Only what we have given away.(unknown)
The shape things take is not within your power,
the motives of your actions are. (Sri Nisargadata Maharaj)
All you get by waiting is more waiting. (Sri Nisargadata Maharaj)
Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.
The secret is in the action - here and now. It is your behaviour that
binds you to yourself. Disregard whatever you think yourself to be
and act as if you were absolutely perfect - whatever your idea of
perfection may be. All you need is courage.
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