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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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• 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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• There is no place so awake and alive as the edge of becoming. But more than that, birthing the kind of woman who can authentically say, 'My soul is my own,' and then embody it in her life, her spirituality, and her community is worth the risk and hardship.

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  Community, Soul, Risk

  FaceBook post by Sue Monk Kidd from Jan 31, 2014

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• 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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  Lying, Suitcases, Truth Is

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.256, Penguin

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• Whatever else you do, listen to your Deepest Self. Love Her and be true to Her, speak Her truth, always.

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  Self, Self Love, Speak

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• Everybody needs a seashell in her bathroom to remind her the ocean is her home.

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  Ocean, Home, Needs

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• Disconnected from my feminine soul, I had also unknowingly forfeited my power to name sacred reality. I had simply accepted what men had named. Neither had I noticed that when women give this power away, it is rarely used to liberate and restore value to women. More often it is used to shore up and enhance the privileged position of men.

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  Reality, Men, Names

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• In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the feeling I was exceptional... What a special case I was.

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  Hurt, Real, Nice

  "The Secret Life of Bees". Book by Sue Monk Kidd, 2001.

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• Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.

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  Life, Thinking, Knows

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• I eventually found that the soul is more than an immortal commodity to win and save. It is the repository of the inner divine, the truest part of us.

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  Winning, Soul, Commodity

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• I can't think of anything I'd rather have more than somebody lovin' me.

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  Thinking, I Can

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• When it comes to religion today, we tend to be long on butterflies and short on cocoons. Somehow we're going to have to relearn that the deep things of God don't come suddenly.

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  Butterfly, Long, Religion

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• Until we look from the bottom up we have nothing.

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  Looks, Bottom

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• I think there must be a place inside of us where dreams go and wait their turn.

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  Dream, Thinking, Waiting

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• My ultimate authority is the divine voice in my own soul. Period.

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  Voice, Soul, Divine

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• It takes a bee 10,000,000 trips to collect enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey.

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  Honey, Pounds, Bees

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• You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside

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  Mother, Being A Mom, Stills

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

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• You think you want to know something, and then once you do, all you can think about is erasing it from your mind.

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  Thinking, Mind, Want

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• The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.

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  Boxing, Giving, Dabs

  FaceBook post by Sue Monk Kidd from Apr 18, 2014

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• Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now

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  World, Might, Fairness

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.96, Penguin

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• You've got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon' be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth.

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  Ends, Figures, Thread

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• When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.

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  Like You, Not Afraid, Dies

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.211, Penguin

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• I hadn't been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called 'bee yard etiquette'. She reminded me that the world was really one bee yard, and the same rules work fine in both places. Don't be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. Still, don't be an idiot; wear long sleeves and pants. Don't swat. Don't even think about swatting. If you feel angry, whistle. Anger agitates while whistling melts a bee's temper. Act like you know what you're doing, even if you don't. Above all, send the bees love. Every little thing wants to be loved.

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  Thinking, Long, Bees

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.92, Penguin

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