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Self-loathing is the silent hemorrhaging of the soul. You don't feel or see the life force fleeing until it's not longer there, and then, of course, it's too late.

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Self, Soul, Loathing

Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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Don't wish today away. Don't waste it. Redeem one hour to be grateful. Let your thanksgiving rise above the din of disappointment - opportunities lost, mistakes made, the clamor of all that has not yet come.

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Disappointment, Mistake, Grateful

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Not having money to spend doesn’t mean we can’t have well-spent moments every day. (42)

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Mean, Moments, Wells

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This is how women self-sabotage and self-destruct. Unless we have constant witnesses to our hard work, we are convinced we pull off every day of our lives through smoke and mirrors. (27)

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Hard Work, Mirrors, Self

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writing is the most personal form of prayer.

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Prayer, Writing, Form

Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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We are far betting dealing with the big losses-death, divorce, debt, and debilitating illness-than with the daily onslaught of little losses.

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Divorce, Loss, Debt

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Our success already exists on a spiritual level; it's a matter of pulling it into the physical world.

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Spiritual, World, Levels

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A nap is not to be confused with sleeping. We sleep to recharge our bodies. We nap to care for our souls. When we nap, we are resting our eyes while our imaginations soar. Getting ready for the next round. Sorting, sifting, separating the profound from the profane, the possible from the improbable. Rehearsing our acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, our surprise on receiving the MacArthur genius award. This requires a prone position. If we're lucky, we might drift off, but we won't drift far. Just far enough to ransom our creativity from chaos.

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Confused, Creativity, Sleep

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Many of us squander precious natural resources -time, creative energy, emotion- comparing our talents to those of others. Today ask Spirit to call forth your authentic gifts, so that you might know them, acknowledge them, and own them.

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Inspirational, Creative, Energy

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Let passion be your muse. Let her guide and teach you to trust your instincts.

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Passion, Muse, Instinct

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Gail Sheehy tells us that "the delights of self-discovery are always available." All Fools' Day is the perfect day to engrave this wisdom in our hearts.

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Heart, Discovery, Self

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It's a perfect moment to quietly meditate on the cosmic Great Mother who can inspire us all; the divine, feminine Spirit of nurturance known as The Goddess, so revered in ancient times and being rediscovered by women today.

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God, Mother, Divine Feminine

Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, p.51, Random House

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you already possess all you need to be genuinely happy.

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Happiness, Needs

Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More”, p.25, Hachette UK

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No matter what our decorating style - realized or aspired to the essential spiritual grace our home should possess is the solace of comfort.

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Spiritual, Home, Grace

Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, p.61, Random House

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I truly believe that regret is the only wound the soul does not recover from, and so I'm trying to live without regrets. ... Each day is another chance to be swept away.

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Regret, Believe, Soul

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Solvency feels better than anything you can spend money on.

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Money, Feel Better, Feels

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Because the truth is - and we know it - we were born to die without regrets. Regret is the only wound from which the soul never recovers.

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Regret, Soul, Truth Is

Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?

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Inspirational, Hippie, Rivers

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Many of us have unconsciously erected barriers to protect ourselves from failing or succeeding. We may think we're protecting ourselves by denying our creative impulses, but all we're doing is burying our authentic selves alive.

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Thinking, Self, Creative

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Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true.

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Inspirational, Dream, New Year

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The House of Belonging is your birthright; it is part of your Happily Everafter, whether you are married, single, divorced, widowed, with or without children. The blueprints of your House of Belonging exist as spiritual energy and hover over your head-ready, when you are, to be pulled down from Heaven to shelter your Soul on Earth.

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Spiritual, Children, Heaven

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We can learn to be the catalysts for our own change.

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Change, Catalyst

Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, p.4, Random House

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Conscious choice is creative. Unconscious choice is destructive. That is how we end up living other people's lives.

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Women, People, Choices

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Joy is your birthright.

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Joy, Birthright

Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More”, p.121, Hachette UK

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It's hard to tell our bad luck from our good luck sometimes. And most of us have wept copious tears over someone or something when if we'd understood the situation better we might have celebrated our good fortune instead.

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Encouragement, Good Luck, Tears

Sarah Ban Breathnach (2006). “Moving on: Creating Your House of Belonging with Simple Abundance”, p.14, Meredith Books

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