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FOR A NEW BEGINNING

by John O'Donohue

In out-of-the-way places of the heart,

Where your thoughts never think to wander,

This beginning has been quietly forming,

Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched your desire,

Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,

Noticing how you willed yourself on,

Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

It watched you play with the seduction of safety

And the gray promises that sameness whispered,

Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,

Wondered would you always live like this.

Then the delight, when your courage kindled,

And out you stepped onto new ground,

Your eyes young again with energy and dream,

A path of plenitude opening before you.

Though your destination is not yet clear

You can trust the promise of this opening;

Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning

That is at one with your life's desire.

Awaken your spirit to adventure;

Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;

Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,

For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

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A QUEEN

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New Life

I have caused great sorrow and great joy in one day

Inside me now lives all their emotions as well as my own

Guilt, relief, grief, repentance, forgiveness, excitement, anxiety, loss, fear, expectation, hope, despondence

But isn’t love the root of them all?

Love lost

Love gained

Love separated

Love ashamed

How can I ever carry all the love I have been blessed with, all the love I have disappointed, all the love I wasn’t strong enough to withstand, all the love that showers me with more than I deserve.

Oh that I could be all for everyone

Instead of one frail, gentle, broken soul with hands too clumsy to hold it all

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“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Enjoy little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”

— Robert Breault

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“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”

— William G.T. Shedd

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“Repeat this until you understand it: I do not need people who do not need me.”

— Unknown

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“You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.”

— Augusten Burroughs

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7 Things to Quit

1. Getting your self esteem from others.

2. Constantly attacking and putting yourself down.

3. Thinking others are better than you.

4. Expecting things not to turn out well.

5. Living in the past.

6. Fearing the future.

7. Being afraid of, and resisting, change.

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mental health status: need to look at the sea for hours and stay quiet

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