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Sit Still
“Sit up straight! Don't slouch! Sit still, will you!! These were our mothers' mantras as they tried to help us create good manners and good posture for our coming life adventure. It was as if they knew that our physical posture has a direct connection with our mental posture. For many of us, during these speedy times, it's much easier to lapse into slouching, lazy thinking and the copying of others' noisy habits. A quiet and focused mind is a luxury we have not yet rediscovered. Only we know our own inner posture - and only we can change it. What is your inner posture? Describe it in one sentence. Is it straight, brimming with energy, and yet quite still on command? No? Then there is work to do. Real work. Inner work. Sit up straight! Don't slouch! Sit still!”
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Sweetness
Sweetness is a virtue that searches with patience for the good in every person and situation.
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sorry about the duplication - have amended and posted a new thought for today!

NZGirl, today's is the same as the 3rd April. Any reason?

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Make courage your companion and you will continue to succeed in everything you do.

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Belief Power
Few are aware of the phenomenal power of belief. We carry bundles of them, mostly in our subconscious, and mostly put there by others...but only because we allowed them to (genes do not have beliefs!) Unless we awaken to the beliefs we carry, we will never ever be at peace with ourselves, and certainly the world around us will be a threatening place. Begin by becoming aware of your language - your words will tell you what you have recorded inside. Some clues, "I can't...", "Aren't they awful...", "It will never....", "They shouldn't...", are all phrases which indicate different categories of negative and disempowering belief. During the next three days see how many categories you can identify within yourself. Just being aware of them will begin the process of challenging and changing them.

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Claim Victory
If you ever find yourself defending a position or justifying anything, it means you have been defeated. It means you have not been able to accept the others point of view, or the fact that you may be wrong. Fear has conquered your mind and your heart. Your defences are up and you are running scared. It's not that the other person has conquered you, it's the self-created fear that is in control. Until you can accept the other (you don't have to agree) and you are not threatened by the other, your victories will be delayed. It's a funny old world when true winning is accepting not resisting, when victory is found in the wisdom to stop fighting and to begin engaging.

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Life
Your thoughts guide you to your destiny. If you always think the same you will always get to the same place. Think in a new way and you will be a new person. Give happiness to all and you will live in peace. Create peace in your mind and you will create a world of peace around you.
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The Future
“The future is not a gift, it is a creation. We create it as we live.”
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The more I develop the habit of noticing goodness, the more my own sense of wellbeing rises.

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Mind Matters
The most important part of you is your mind (not your brain - the brain is the hardware and the mind creates the software). Care for your mind, make friends with it, always feed it healthy food, engage it in positive activity, exercise it with knowledge and wisdom. Like a garden returns fragrance and beauty according to the care invested, so your mind will repay you with thoughts, ideas and visions of great beauty when tended and invested with care. Your mind is not made of matter but it does matter what you give it and what you create with it. Where your mind goes, you go. What your mind creates becomes your destiny.
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Secrets
“It is easy to create new things, change places or do something different. To keep that sense of newness that creates enthusiasm is more difficult. The secret of newness in life is not to do new things constantly, but to see everything you do with new eyes, new insights and a new perspective.”
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Banish Sorrow
Don't be sorry, be content - it's a choice not a chore. Never identify with others' sorrow or you will go down with them. Be with them, but stay up, so you can uplift them. Help them put things in perspective. But first do that for yourself. Your feeling sorry? Why? Have you lost something? It's an illusion - you have nothing to lose. Everything that comes to you comes to pass, literally. So let all things pass and you will turn the illusion of loss into the reality of liberation...and sorrow will be a distant memory.

Luck
I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I have.”

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The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

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The one who can adjust to any situation with humility possesses true greatness.
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True Freedom
True freedom means to be beyond the influence of people and possessions.

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Sorry - I haven't posted for a few days, DD has come down with chicken pox which has thrown everything out of sync. So here is today's thought.

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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
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What I am experiencing at this moment is the result of choices and decisions made in the past; what I will experience in the future depends on choices and decisions I make now.
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Learning to know and accept myself frees me from the dislike of others.

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[color:"red"]DD chicken pox has gone, so should be back to a regular daily posting[/color]

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You can do what you want to do, accomplish what you want to accomplish, attain any reasonable objective you may have in mind. So, what are you waiting for?
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