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hoddesdon

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I received this literally half an hour ago. It was sent by an email list I subscribe to.

Opportunity Surrounds You

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You are, right now, standing in opportunity. It is all around you. At this age, at this weight, with these resources, you are surrounded by opportunity. There are doors and windows flying open all around you.

The larger arc of your life is one of constant renewal and opportunity. But this moment, right now, is utterly unique, and the talents you have right now and the types of opportunities which surround you in this moment are here for this moment only. And so, you must take a deep breath and step through a door, take some action, allow yourself to act on those dreams.

If you do not fully believe in yourself, that is all right. Act as if you do. Act as if you are completely confident. Pretend to be the person you aspire to be and the universe will respond. And as the response comes, you will begin to actually be this person you aspire to be. And the response will contain within it both the seeds for your growth and the seeds for your success. You will be praised for some things and given advice on others. All of this is the fruit of action.

Do not let this moment turn into a moment of regret. Do not let this moment be one that you look back on with longing, wondering how you could have missed the signs, how you could have doubted yourself and been so afraid. Let this be a moment you look back on with pride, proud of the courage you had to step out and act, even though you were uncertain in many ways, even though you had to take a deep, deep breath to overcome your fear.
 
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hoddesdon

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This is another from the same source:


Choose Discipline

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Discipline is your friend. Discipline is a liberator that makes it possible for you to achieve great things. Through discipline, you achieve cleanliness and order, which gives you the great gifts of time and peace.

Discipline rids you of addictions, apparent pleasures which are not, in the long run, pleasures at all, but rather a handing over of your power.

And discipline liberates the artist within, allowing creative self-expression through a musical instrument, dance and song, painting and sculpture.

Discipline is the wind beneath the wings of freedom which allows you to soar.

And the foundation of discipline is responsibility and active, conscious choice. When you decide you truly want the free and open expression of yourself, when you decide that you truly prefer a life in which you awaken feeling good about yourself, when you decide you want this above all, more than you want the temporary feeling of gratification, then nothing can stop you.

You have the means within you. It will be a challenge, yes, but life is full of challenges. The difference between this challenge and the others in your life is that there are no outside forces to contend with. You have the power and the means to do what you desire to do.

You are much stronger than you realize. Choose. Choose to win, instead of to do battle every day. Choose to give yourself what you are asking for. Choose to liberate yourself from your self-imposed prison and fly out into life, soaring high and free.
 
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wow really nice, inspirational meaningful words :)
what news letter is it? i'd love to recieve it in my inbox too :D
 

hoddesdon

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I get these emails because I joined the "lovingpurelove" group on Yahoo! (Yahoo!). The subject of these particular emails begins with "Quado's Garden". There is also a website:

Quado's Garden

and Quado's Garden is also on Facebook.

If you enter "Quados Garden" in Google a number of results come up.
 

hoddesdon

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Give Yourself the Freedom to Make Mistakes

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If you are not making any mistakes, then you are not growing and learning, you are not stretching the possibilities of what you can do and become. Give yourself the freedom to make many mistakes. Just look upon these so-called failures as stepping stones to get you where you wish to go. Let each mistake and challenge propel you forward, not stop you in your tracks. Take what you learned, absorb it and then move on. Take the setback, learn from it and try again, this time taking on an even larger challenge.

Let each test and challenge make you wiser and stronger, building up your muscles of patience, understanding and self-confidence. After all, you survived. Congratulate yourself on having tried something new. Congratulate yourself on being courageous enough to take on a challenge.

Each brave act will lift you higher and let you know even more about yourself and those around you. There are no mistakes, no failures; there is only learning, only growth, being and becoming
 
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maiato

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Thanks for the Thread! I would appreciate if u send back to me the email : )

It seems all about the book "SECRET". Cant say i liked the book, but i sure love the movie!

Makes all the sense what u have post. Like i heard once: " WE ARE WHAT WE THINK" !
 

hoddesdon

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Discipline is Freedom and Love

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Today, learn to see discipline as freedom and love. Discipline is love of yourself, because it is the pathway to achieving what you wish to achieve. You may think that control is that pathway, that trying to change and control the outer circumstances of your life will open it up and finally bring you the happiness you seek, but it is not so. The only control you can ever successfully exert is over yourself. The only person you can change is yourself.

Leave off trying to control others. Leave off trying to control what swirls around outside you. Instead, focus on yourself, on building the habits and practices which will bring you knowledge, accomplishment, skill and inner peace.

And from this will spring freedom, the freedom to do many different things well, the freedom to express yourself exactly as you wish to, because you have the skills necessary. Give yourself the freedom to shine as an outward expression of your inner self, so that your appearance, talents and manner all express exactly what you wish them to express, because you have invested in yourself through caring discipline, steady patience, day by day, every day, building a foundation of great strength.
 
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hoddesdon

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Honor the Butterfly Within

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There is a longing deep inside to emerge as an improved version of yourself, like a butterfly from the cocoon, all shiny, new and free.

This is a longing which you can fulfill. It is within your power to emerge from this cocoon of old habits, self-defeating actions, and patterns which seem to have ensnarled and encased you. It is well within your power.

You have the power to be what you dream of being, because you are that person already. You are.

First, hold on to the butterfly image and begin to connect deeply to it, to the butterfly that is you. And now, deep within your center, within the very core of yourself, connect with this version of yourself, connect emotionally, deeply. Know this person as yourself.

Know that you are already this person. Of course you are. It is you. And the cocoon will drop away as you begin to connect more and more closely with the butterfly.

What does she feel like? How does she act? How would she respond in a given situation? Begin to honor yourself enough to be this butterfly version of yourself. Clear away your fear and doubt and simply dress, eat, exercise, speak, think, and choose as she does.

For you are her. You are this butterfly. This longing is a longing to come home to yourself, to release the old ways of being which no longer serve, to free yourself from the fear and doubt, to flutter your wings in the sunshine of a vibrant life and take flight.
 
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hoddesdon

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There is actually an Australian politician, Malcolm Turnbull, who put this into practice.

Live Your Truth Today

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Today is a day for integrity, for living and being your truth. And this is possible no matter what you are doing. In fact, living your truth is most important when you are in circumstances which challenge you to be other than you truly are. It is in these circumstances that you can learn and grow, that you can dig deep into your truth and find ways to let it shine, no matter what.

To live in integrity means to be honest, of course, but it also means much more than that. It means that you go through life with your center calm and peaceful, because your actions are supporting what you intuitively sense as truth. It means that you speak up and say what you truly believe. It means that you take action driven from your center and your personal truth rather than from what will bring approval in the eyes of others.

If you think about people you admire, you will discover that they are people of integrity, people who went against what was commonly believed and helped to turn the tide, helped others to see things in a new light.

Be a light. Dig deep into your truth, find it and let it shine out. Shine out with what you are, what you know, and what you believe. Be all of one piece, standing in truth, glowing with who you truly are.
 
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hoddesdon

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Release Your Mistakes

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Cup your hands together, hold them out in front of you, and place within them a mistake you have made. Now, pay attention to what your mind is saying. It says that life would be better now if you had not made this mistake. It brings forth a whole host of fantasies, how this or that would be better if only, if only you had done this, if only you hadn’t done that, if only you had followed through, if only you had made a different choice.

None of this is real. This is mental chatter and fantasy about what might have been. It is not real. The only thing real is right now, right here.

So quiet your mind and release each mistake, each and every one. Take your mistake into your hands, notice the fantasy talk which accompanies it and choose to let it go, like a bird you are releasing so that it may fly away home. Just release it and watch it fly away. And away with this so-called mistake, release the old hopes and dreams, the disappointments, the blame and the shame. Let it all fly away.

You are as you are right now, and everything you have done has led you to this moment. And here, standing just where you are, exactly as things are, you are surrounded by opportunity. It is sparkling all around you, waiting to be noticed, obscured only by your tenacious hold on the past. Release yourself from all that shame and just look around. See this moment clearly. See how it sparkles with newness and opportunity.

You are standing on an open field of grass and it is full of diamonds sparkling in the sun. Each diamond is a choice you might make, an action you might take, a wondrous opportunity to be and grow and learn, a chance to embrace life in its wonder and beauty.

Let go the old and embrace this moment. Let it sparkle. Reach down and pick up a diamond, right now.
 
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Lea

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Meh. It's great only it doesn't work :D. Btw the Secret is a horrible crap, I threw it to the garbage.
 

hoddesdon

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Create the Miracle

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See yourself as standing in the center of a circle. The perimeter of the circle is your life in five years. Consider all of the parts of your life and see where you will be in five years if you continue doing what you are doing now, with these habits, using time in the way that you do.

And now, turn just slightly in the circle, taking just the smallest action, getting up a little earlier, meditating, exercising, watching what you eat, practicing a skill, taking a class, devoting time to pursuits and relationships that are important to you. And now, with these little changes in your daily life, look out to the perimeter again and see what life is like in five years.

It is a little miracle, is it not? Just focus on what you care about and desire, diligently and patiently, just a few minutes a day, a few hours a week, and the miracle of conscious change takes place—gradually, it is true, but steadily and inevitably.

Magic lies in the steady application of small changes, that little turn in the circle that puts you in an entirely different place in five years. And there you will be, having achieved what you wished to achieve. And you will have not only the result you desired, but the feeling of accomplishment and fulfillment that comes when you choose to take complete responsibility for your life, no matter what.
 
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hoddesdon

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Time to Clean House!

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Most people live inside a house of memory, a house with windows of thick, wavy, deeply-colored glass, viewing life as through the end of a bottle. The sights and sounds that reach into this house all go through a dense filter of training, experience, and defenses built up long ago.

And everything that happens in this bright and sparkling world must fight its way through this thick and wavy barrier before it can even be seen.

Your job for yourself is to open your windows, glimpse the world as it truly is and let the air of new experience blow through. Your job is to truly clean house, to clear out the cobwebs of old experience and patterns and let your inner world sparkle with clarity.

And as for other people, it is useful to know that their reactions are rarely personal, even if they are expressed as such, and that they are often dealing with mere shadows, and what you think you say and do with such precision and clarity may be but a blur of movement and a murmur of sound by the time it makes its way through to them.

Experiment with new ways of expression. Be observant and see if you can begin to understand some of their filters of perception. And be compassionate and loving, knowing that the drama which colored and distorted their view may well have been a drama you were mercifully spared.
 
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hoddesdon

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You are Worth the Shine and the Showing

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Today, set self-consciousness aside. Today, be within yourself and express yourself, openly, joyfully, proudly, with strength, courage and love.

Think about people you admire. Are they self-conscious, hesitant, unsure of whether they will be accepted by others? Or are they driven by an inner knowledge, an inner fire, full of courage which allows them to say what they truly believe, coming from a heart of rightness?

When you are in touch with your inner core, when you are allowing your higher self to fill you and abide within your center of peace, the words flow, the eloquence comes, the truth as you know it finds a way to express itself, while still being compassionate and loving toward others.

Do not douse your fire out of fear that others will not like you or approve of you. Love yourself. Approve of yourself. You are worth expressing. You are worth the shine and the showing. You are here to be who you are and it is good.
 
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lunarla

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I love these. I haven't read all of them yet, but especially the one about discipline resonated with me. I'll definitely be adding myself to the email list too!
 

hoddesdon

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You are Unique

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You are unique in all the universe. Think about that. In the entire universe, there is no other being who is exactly like you, who sees things the way you do, who can express things the way that you would and can. Today, contemplate this. See what this means, if you will but allow yourself to be who you are and share that uniqueness with the world.

There are talents you have been given, the easy, effortless things that just came to you: a lovely singing voice, a talent for movement, an eye for design. Developing these skills is neither easy nor effortless, but it is well worth the time and energy. For when you explore and expand those areas to which you are naturally drawn, you will find a great release in their use. You will find them a great path to open expression of that uniqueness that is you.

When you dig deep enough and successfully express your deepest self, you will also strike a deep chord of connection with those who are in touch with their own selves. For even though you are unique in all the universe, you are also deeply connected at the deepest core, and this connection has great power.
 
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