Life's Purpose

 "Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from." ~ Elisabeth Kubler-RossI'm having a problem with this and feeling so lost. The more I think about...

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Trust and Truth

 Truth never damages a cause that is just.Mahatma GandhiHow can you trust without honest and open dialogue about concerns?It is a delicate balance.  But for me, it is impossible.As masters of our own destinies, the choices we make should be on a solid foundation.  When there is doubt...

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Endings Become Beginnings

"Endings became beginnings without my expressed permission. ‘Take that’, it said." Excerpt from "A Widows Dream" which is included in this post  Surviving the loss of a spouse is an emotional journey.  The quote I opened this post with tells it all.  Endings become...

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Destiny and options

"When you remember that you have many options,  you will remember that you are in charge of your life." The Daily Om Knowing that YOU have control of the choices you make in your life helps to focus on solving those challenges we face.  The lack of that understanding...

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Fear of Moving On

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean. Christopher Reeve If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been Robert H. Schuller I wrote the following post many years ago.  The...

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Opportunity

Sometimes opportunity doesn't knock, it just taps lightly — listen.An opportunity is defined as a situation in which it is possible for you to do something that you want to do.Opportunity doesn't always knock, it all depends on luck, fate, and desti...

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Fate, destiny and being alone

The following post was written at a time of missing JR so bad, feeling so alone, but having the faith that I would find love again, I was ready . . . I could feel my new love and that is so very special . . . a confirmation that you know that you know and have no doubt about your feelings, holding...

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Love will change us forever . . .

Another post that I'm transferring from an old blog that reminds me that some things don't change . . . I was thinking about how love has changed my life once again . . . and how some things haven't changed.   Love will and does change us forever . . .  over and over again...

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Know What You Want?

So many days within this raceI need the truthI need some graceI need the pathTo find my place lyrics from the song Breathe Your Name - Sixpence None The Richer The following post reflects my thoughts on "what I want" from two different phases of my life.  Here I am at a third phase! I...

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Serendipity . . . fate and destiny

accidentally discovering something fortunate while looking for something else entirely The word derives from an old Persian fairy tale “life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidences . . . but rather it’s a tapestry of events . . . that culminate in an exquisite,...

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