Tag Archives: freedom

Freedom

Posted on August 8, 2018 by hernibs

If you can be with the pleasant without chasing after it, with the unpleasant without resisting it, and with the neutral without ignoring it – that is an incredible freedom. ~Rick Hanson, Ph.D. Advertisements

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Vistas

Posted on July 25, 2018 by hernibs

Look past ferns and saplings, between cedar and maple where light illumines something further away than eyes can see. Vistas in woods and life, distant points yet to explore. Go there, moving always towards unseen prospects and points of view. … Continue reading →

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Because I Am

Posted on July 23, 2018 by hernibs

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” ~Lao Tzu

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Be Yourself

Posted on July 14, 2018 by hernibs

Stand out from the crowd, be yourself. ~ S. Richards

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Daughters As Neighbours

Posted on July 9, 2018 by hernibs

Takes time to reshape from mother to neighbour, from daughter to neighbour. Each aware of the need for fences and gates that define a healthy, happy neighbourhood. ©Sharron R. McMillan

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The Moment of Change

Posted on June 4, 2018 by hernibs

The moment of change is the only poem. ~Adrienne Rich

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Be You

Posted on April 27, 2018 by hernibs

Whatever you are, be a good one. ~Abraham Lincoln

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The Play

Posted on April 22, 2018 by hernibs

The play ended on an unhappy note not how we wrote, nor as we’d hoped. But as the curtain dropped to the floor I heard the closing of a door and knew this drama had just begun, off stage right, … Continue reading →

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Perfect

Posted on April 15, 2018 by hernibs

If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. ~Lin Yutang

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Come Alive

Posted on April 14, 2018 by hernibs

“Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman

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Astounding

Posted on April 11, 2018 by hernibs

If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves. ~Thomas Edison

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True Resilience

Posted on March 24, 2018 by hernibs

True resilience is about much more than simply surviving the worst day of your life. It’s about thriving every day of your life. ~Rick Hanson

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Courage To Become You

Posted on March 20, 2018 by hernibs

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. ~Steve Jobs

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Whatever Happened to Honest Debate

Posted on March 13, 2018 by hernibs

Honest debate used to be making points to substantiate my perspective, then listening as you argue yours. Now debate feels more like war – attack, retreat, attack with more deadly words and weapons of past mistakes until points disappear and … Continue reading →

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Decide to be Happy

Posted on March 10, 2018 by hernibs

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” ~Hugh Downs

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