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There is a secret wisdom-of-the-ages
that holds the key to breaking
our cycle of self-imposed suffering.
The secret wisdom is,
"Life is not supposed to be fair."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Related topics: Wisdom
At the Core of Our Suffering
are those Self-Imposed Limitations (Assumptions)
of which We are Completely Unaware.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There is a secret wisdom-of-the-ages
that holds the key to breaking our
cycle of self-imposed suffering.
The secret wisdom is, "Life is not supposed to be fair."
This is not sad news. This is GLORIOUS news!
Life is not broken. Nothing is wrong.
God has not failed, died, or gone on vacation.
The world is working perfectly. We just misunderstood.
Somewhere along the way, someone got the idea that
life was "supposed" to be "fair,"
and all the trouble started -
expectation, disappointment, resentment, anger -
a whole cycle of suffering that began
with the belief that life is "supposed" to be "fair."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I do not believe that God has
imposed suffering upon anyone
to punish them or to teach them a lesson.
- Ernest Holmes
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Thank you for joining me on this journey we call life,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A person experiences life as
something separated from the rest -
a kind of optical delusion of consciousness.
Our task must be to free ourselves
from this self-imposed prison,
and through compassion,
to find the reality of Oneness.
- Albert Einstein
The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves.
- Bob Proctor
Never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself.
- Confucius (Ancient Chinese)
Love allows your beloved the freedom to be unlike you.
Attachment asks for conformity to your needs and desires.
Love imposes no demands.
Attachment expresses an overwhelming demand - "Make me feel whole."
Love expands beyond the limits of two people.
Attachment tries to exclude everything but two people.
- Deepak Chopra in The Path to Love
Love what is.
- Byron Katie
Sing like no one's listening,
love like you've never been hurt,
dance like nobody's watching,
and live like its heaven on earth.
- Mark Twain
The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.
- The Buddha
If you love what you are doing, you ARE a success.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
- John Ruskin
Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly.
Play as often as you can
Work as smart as you are able.
Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time,
for that is the stuff that life is made of.
- Benjamin Franklin
Knowledge is love and light and vision.
- Helen Keller
Go to the people
Live among them
Learn from them
Love them
Serve them
Plan with them
Start with what they know
Build on what they have.
- Jimmy Yen (Y. C. James Yen)
Does thou love life? Then do not squander time;
for that's the stuff life is made of.
- Benjamin Franklin
Seek first to understand,
then to be understood.
- Stephen Covey
The River of Life has no meaning,
no good, no bad, no better, no worse,
no love, no hate, no fear, no anger, no joy.
The River of Life has no judgment, no expectation.
The River of Life just IS.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
When love and hate are both absent
everything becomes clear and undisguised.
- Osho
Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
- E. F. Schumacher
Through Love and through Beauty, we achieve immortality.
- Jewel (paraphrasing Plato)
Peace, Love, Health, Comfort, Joy, and the Light of Spirit -
all the rest is nothing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do what you love, love what you do,
and deliver more than you promise.
- Harvey McKay
Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
- A Course in Miracles
Where there is great love,
there are always miracles.
- Willa Cather
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.
The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!
How much you can love!
What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
- Anne Frank
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
- Rumi (Persian poet 1207-1273)
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
- Henry David Thoreau
Love yourself as you truly are -
and live courageously.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do what you love and the money will follow.
- Marsha Sinetar
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.
- Cherie-Carter Scotts
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, "It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are
something to do,
something to love,
and something to hope for.
- Joseph Addison
I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
Letting go doesn't mean giving up...
it means moving on.
- Anonymous
We should not let our response to
the people who disagree with us
be dictated by what they say about us
or even how they treat people we care for.
There has to be a chance that we can find love.
- William J. Clinton
Trust in what you love, continue to do it,
and it will take you where you need to go.
- Natalie Goldberg
People love chopping wood.
In this activity one immediately sees results.
- Albert Einstein
Affirmation:
Today I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Choose a job you love,
and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius
Life is a reflection of intent.
Love reflects love.
Hate reflects hate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
- Rumi
To love what you do and feel that it matters,
how on earth could anything be more fun.
- Katherine Graham
Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.
- Sai Baba
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
Use the power of your word
in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him,
for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low,
could still be saved; the bitterest enemy
and also he who was your friend could again be your friend;
love that has grown cold can kindle
- Soren Kierkegaard
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which
doth mock the meat it feeds on.
- William Shakespeare
There comes that mysterious meeting in life
when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be,
igniting the circuits of our highest potential.
- Rusty Berkus
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked,
in which you can walk with love and reverence.
- Henry David Thoreau
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
- Satchel Paige
Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous,
there's really nothing to lose.
- Jewel
Choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance, love,
selflessness, and kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often.
- Anonymous
Fortune and love befriend the bold.
- Ovid
Do not hire a man who does your work for money,
but him who does it for love of it.
- Henry David Thoreau
People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
"How do you spell 'love'?" asked Piglet.
"You don't spell it...you feel it." answered Pooh.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter
quite like unrequited love.
- Charlie Brown in Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts comic
Everyone I Love Becomes My Family -
and I Love Everyone.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man
is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
A new command I give you: Love one another.
As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
- Jesus of Nazareth (John 13:34)
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
- Oscar Wilde
This is my ultimate fantasy:
watching QVC with a credit card
while making love and eating at the same time.
- Yasmine Bleeth
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