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Essentially Me
“Focus on what has always been essentially you.” (Source: Andrea Kelly’s blog “A Handwritten Life”–I just spent a very pleasant hour there.) When I began to focus on what has always been essentially me, I found out some amazing things … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Following Your Passion, Quotes I Love
Tagged A Handwritten Life, alwasy, Andrea Kelly, blog, celebrate, erupt, erupts, essentially, focus, forth, hearts, holding, invite, me, minds, spirits, springs, volcano, world, you
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“You Hijacked My Heart”
My co-writer on this one is Marty Dolciamore. He is also the vocalist,musician, and producer. This song has a very different feel and sound versus most of what I write. I’m not fond of the characters in it, nor how … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Choices, Feelings/Emotions, Pain & Grief, Songs I've Written or Co-Written
Tagged co-writer, hijacked, Life, lyricist, Marty Dolciamore, songwriter, you
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Breakthrough!
Breakthrough! By Russ Towne Darkness dominates. It starts with a faint glow. Patient. Persistent. Chipping away. Lightens. Brightens. Until only a wisp remains To hold it back. Then that too dissolves. Breakthrough! — Is the above a description of: The … Continue reading
Posted in Breakthroughs, Optimism, Patience & Persistence, Poetry I Wrote
Tagged above, breakthrough, bright, burden, bursting, candl, decide, Forgiveness, forth, idea, Life, lighting, live, Love, patience, patient persistence, Russ Towne, sunrise, unloading, you
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The Mighty Ocean in the Drop
You are not just the drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop. – Rumi
Posted in Attittude, Inspiring, Observations, Potential, Quotes I Love
Tagged drop, mighty ocean, Rumi, you
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Keep Shining!
Some online friends are having the kind of day we all have and wish we didn’t. I responded to one of them with a message that may be useful to you too, so I decided to post it to everyone: … Continue reading
Posted in Dealing with Pain & Grief, Healing, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Optimism, Praise
Tagged answer, bright, shine, solution, spirit, you
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Eckhart Tolles’ Keys to Happiness
I believe there is much wisdom in these words: “Don’t seek happiness. If you seek it, you won’t find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom from unhappiness is attainable now, by facing … Continue reading
Posted in Growth/Learning, Inspiring, LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love
Tagged action, aware, awareness, belief, believe, consciousness, Eckhart Tolles, free, goodness, goodness within you, joy, keys to happiness, Life, mind, peace, present, present moment, Relationship, shared, thinker, voice, within, world, you
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“Expressing the Inexpressible”
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” – Aldous Huxley A friend who has music as a primary passion in his life posted this on Facebook. It is certainly true for him, and I suspect, … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes I Love
Tagged Aldous Huxley, desire, excite, expressing the inexpressible, Life, moment, move, music, need, passion, primary, primary passion, relax, Romance, romance you, silence, you
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Your Potential
“You are an ocean of knowledge hidden in a dew drop.” –Rumi
Posted in LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love
Tagged dew drop, hidden, hidden in a dew drop, knowledge, ocean of knowledge, potential, Rumi, wondered, you
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Remember Why You’re Holding On
“The moment you think about giving up, think of the reason you held out so long.” –Michele Serens Mann Sounds like good advice to me! Storms eventually end if you hang in there long enough. In the darkest nights and … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Quotes I Love
Tagged advice, attitude, beginnings, brutal, brutal storms, challenge, chang of view, change of attitude, dark, darkest nights, eluded, give up, giving up, good, good advice, hang, hang tough, held on, held out so long, hing in there, hold on, holding on, in front of me, inspired, inspired by memories, light, long time, Michele Serens Mann, moment, new, new days, problem, puzzle, reason, Relationship, simple, simple change, situation, skin, solutions, sounds, storms, sun, think, time, view, warmth, warmth of the sun, you
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