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"Feeling good about your life comes out of being in harmony with who you really are.  That means having an inner alignment with what you love and what brings you most alive.

 As you practice bringing yourself into greater harmony by paying attention to what you love, you increase your self esteem and feel more life energy coursing through you. This is the real fountain of youth.

 My suggestion is this:  Do not allow yourself to stay in a situation that is less than life-giving.  Transform your circumstances through non-resistance by focusing on what you would love.  

 The tiny stream knows in its nature that it is being drawn to a river, and then to the ocean.  There is a magnetic pull towards the greater, and that same pull is at work in you and me."

--- A message from Mary Morrissey

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"I WANT CHANGE."

"More than any other emotion, anger makes us feel real, solid, and alive. It can make us feel as big as the world. What a rush!

But, like all feelings, it passes; and often there is a bitter taste afterwards.

Knowing and taking responsibility for our actions and words, and for their consequences, is the only way to make a change.

There is a popular idea that no one would press for social justice or other good causes without righteous anger. People get each other excited about this injustice or that need. While the needs and injustices are usually real, they are often distorted or taken out of context in order to get people worked up. The anger generated may be useful for getting attention on a particular problem, but few problems can be solved through anger. If you look at history, you’ll see that the lasting, beneficial social changes came through forgiveness, compassion, and persistence. Examples that come to mind are the arrival of democracy in South Africa and civil rights in America.

Anger is a vehicle for breaking things, not building things. Anger is difficult to sustain for long periods. In truth, anger is a poor motivation for helping others or for making the world a better place. The alternative is to find the care and compassion underneath the anger, and let them provide the motivation for helping. You can’t make peace out of angry emotions. You can make peace through love, acceptance, appropriate attention, and appropriate action." --http://buddhasadvice.wordpress.com/anger/