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• If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

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  Relationship, Hands, Giving

  Barbara Taylor Bradford, Sue Monk Kidd (2001). “Of love and life: three novels selected and condensed by Reader's Digest”

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• If someone should ask me, 'What does the soul do?' I would say, It does two things. It loves. And it creates. Those are its primary acts.

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  Two, Soul, Doe

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• Something deep in all of us yearns for God's beauty, and we can find it no matter where we are.

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  Matter, God's Beauty

  Sue Monk Kidd (1990). “Love's Hidden Blessings: God Can Touch Your Life When You Least Expect It”

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• There is no place so AWAKE and ALIVE as the edge of becoming.

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  Alive, Becoming, Awake

  Sue Monk Kidd (2016). “The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine”, p.17, Harper Collins

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• some things don't matter much. Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart--now, that matters. The whole problem with people is...they know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.

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  Heart, What Matters, Color

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• There's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at last, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance.

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  Acceptance, Knowing, Matter

  Sue Monk Kidd (2011). “The Mermaid Chair”, p.200, Hachette UK

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• To be fully human, fully myself, To accept all that I am, all that you envision, This is my prayer. Walk with me out to the rim of life, Beyond security. Take me to the exquisite edge of courage And release me to become.

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  Prayer, Accepting, Release

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• I believe in the goodness of imagination.

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  Believe, Imagination, Goodness

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.300, Penguin

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• It's easy to operate under the illusion that what we are doing is so important we cannot stop doing it. ... Stopping is a spiritual act. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

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  Spiritual, Important, Stopping

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• After you get stung, you can't get unstung no matter how much you whine about it.

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  Matter

  FaceBook post by Sue Monk Kidd from Dec 16, 2013

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• Make the world better. Take the meanness out of people's hearts.

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  Heart, People, World

  Sue Monk Kidd (2002). “The Secret Life of Bees”, Viking Press

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• People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It's that hard.

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  People, Forgiving, Bees

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.277, Penguin

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• As long as people have been on this earth, the moon has been a mystery to us. Think about it. She is strong enough to pull the oceans, and when she dies away, she always comes back again. My mama used to tell me Our Lady lived on the moon and that I should dance when her face was bright and hibernate when it was dark.

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  Strong, Ocean, Dark

  Sue Monk Kidd (2011). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.72, Hachette UK

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• The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.

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  What Matters, People, Problem

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.147, Penguin

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• It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.

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  Peculiar, Goes On, World

  FaceBook post by Sue Monk Kidd from Dec 04, 2013

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• Every human being on the face of the earth has a steel plate in his head, but if you lie down now and then and get still as you can, it will slide open like elevator doors, letting in all the secret thoughts that have been standing around so patiently, pushing the button for a ride to the top. The real troubles in life happen when those hidden doors stay closed for too long.

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  Real, Lying, Doors

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• Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.

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  Truth, Lying, Knowing

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• Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.

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  Writing, Stories, Who We Are

  FaceBook post by Sue Monk Kidd from Jan 22, 2014

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• There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates from a deep truth inside of us and empowers us to act. Once you identify your inner genius, you will be able to take action, whether it's writing a check or digging a well.

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  Kings, Writing, Empathy

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• It's something everybody wants-for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters.

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  Hurt, Done, Want

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.185, Penguin

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• Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.

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  Powerful, People, Needs

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• Sometimes, in order to say yes to what matters most, I must say no to good things.

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  What Matters, Order, Sometimes

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• We need Goddess consciousness to reveal earth's holiness. Divine feminine imagery opens up the notion that the earth is the body of the Divine, and when that happens, the Divine cannot be contained solely in a book, church, dogma, liturgy, theological system, or transcendent spirituality. The earth is no longer a mere backdrop until we get to heaven, something secondary and expendable. Mater becomes inspirited; it breathes divinity. Earth comes alive and sacred. And we find ourselves alive in the midst of her and forever altered.

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  Book, Divine Feminine, Forever

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• How do we accomplish this matter of gathering life together in God? We must begin primarily by refocusing our attention keeping our minds and hearts directed toward God. The essence of the centered life is attention to God in all we think, say and do. It is the growing realization of His presence in our most down-to-earth living.

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  Heart, Thinking, Essence

  Sue Monk Kidd (1987). “God's Joyful Surprise: Finding Yourself Loved”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat days, shining brightly, and we don't even know it.

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  Shining, Fabric, World

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.63, Penguin

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