Song of Myself
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its troubles...
It empties today of its strength.
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RULES for LIVING HEALTHFULLY AND PURPOSEFULLY:
 
1. Live in the here and now. Let the past go. Put it in its proper context and look at what we've survived. We are not life's victims. Life is a gift that was meant to be enjoyed and we can do that only when we thrive.

2. Forgive myself and others. Perhaps the most important part of letting go of the past is forgiving. Carrying around toxic memories from our past is very similar to transporting old, rotting garbage in our cars.

3. Develop life-sustaining relationships with myself and others and leave the rest behind. Our social support systems mirror the way we truly feel about ourselves. If we are in unhealthy, damaging relationships, something within us is out of order with our highest good. It is best to minimize or terminate those relationships that do not truly honor who we are.

4. Have faith in myself as a part of the universe. That state of awareness brings forth healing in every area of our lives, if we allow it to act on our behalf.

5. Pay attention. The true heart we all possess is a life-giving organ always accessible to our innermost thoughts and desires. Live in that truth.

6. Take time to listen to my inner voice and follow its instructions. Become internally focused rather than externalized. The simple fact is that we only have to release the negative thoughts and constant chatter we create and let the soft inner voice whisper to our willing ears.

My respiration and inspiration… the beating of my heart…
the passing of blood and air through my lungs,
The sniff of green leaves and dry leaves, and of the shore and
darkcolored sea-rocks, and of hay in the barn…
The delight alone or in the rush of the streets,
or along the fields and hillsides,
The feeling of health... the full-noon trill... the song of me
rising from bed and meeting the sun.
— Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
I only know that I will maintain what I believe to be true in my own universe, and as an individual I will give in to nothing. — Albert Camus
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
— Leo Tolstoy
Just a tiny crack separates this world from the next, and you step over it every day. God is in the cracks.
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