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Too often we elevate the inconsequential into the influential... by reacting without reflecting.
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We think that it's the big moments that define our lives-the wedding, the baby, the new house, the dream job. But really, these big moments of happiness are just the punctuation marks of our personal sagas. The narrative is written every day in the small, the simple, and the common. In your tiny choices, in these tiny changes. In the unconsidered. The overlooked. The discarded. The reclaimed.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
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We should write an elegy for every day that has slipped through our lives unnoticed and unappreciated. Better still, we should write a song of thanksgiving for all the days that remain-now that we know how to cherish them.
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Gradually as you become curator of your own contentment, you will learn to embrace the gentle yearnings of your heart.
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Because the truth is - and we know it - we were born to die without regrets. Regret is the only wound from which the soul never recovers.
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To find this greater truth about God, Spirit, and the sacred, we must often set aside the limiting impressions from our childhood. In many instances these images of fear only serve to hold us back in our search for authentic spirituality...Open up your mind and heart to a concept of Spirit who looks out for us, loves us, sheds light on our path, and wants nothing less for us than unconditional happiness.
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This I can report from the front lines: life never calms down long enough for us to wait until tomorrow to start living the lives we deserve.
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When we appreciate how much we have, we feel the urge to pare down, get back to basics, and learn what is essential for our happiness. We long to realize what's really important.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
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The seasons of life are not meant to be frenetic, just full. Blessed is the woman who knows her own limits.
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The more naps you take, the more awakenings you experience.
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It is difficult to experience moments of happiness if we are not aware of what it is we genuinely love.
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Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.
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The House of Belonging is your birthright; it is part of your Happily Everafter, whether you are married, single, divorced, widowed, with or without children. The blueprints of your House of Belonging exist as spiritual energy and hover over your head-ready, when you are, to be pulled down from Heaven to shelter your Soul on Earth.
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No matter what our decorating style - realized or aspired to the essential spiritual grace our home should possess is the solace of comfort.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
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We are far betting dealing with the big losses-death, divorce, debt, and debilitating illness-than with the daily onslaught of little losses.
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Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.
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Since the choice of what we curl up with is often crucial for our solace and sanity, we need to learn how to nurture the talent of selection. Book browsing is a meditative art...Books are as essential as breathing.
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Invite Divine Order into your life today and a more serene tomorrow will unfold.
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Open your arms as wide as you can to receive all the miracles with your name on them. Never forget that all you have is all you need.
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An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
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Consider the track record of your naysayers. How many dreams have they successfully brought into this world?
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Take another look at your life. Give thanks. Accept your circumstances. Give thanks. Count your blessings. Give thanks. Show up for each day's meditation. Be willing to give the basic tools a fair chance. They can help you find your way.
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After self-nurturance, listening to the whispers of our hearts is probably the hardest task we've ever attempted.
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It's a perfect moment to quietly meditate on the cosmic Great Mother who can inspire us all; the divine, feminine Spirit of nurturance known as The Goddess, so revered in ancient times and being rediscovered by women today.
Sarah Ban Breathnach