the human spirit

"There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free." ~Hubert H. Humphrey

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
Have you set your spirit free?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"FREE YOUR SPIRIT."

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seeing

"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others." ~Jonathan Swift

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What is your vision?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"SEE THE INVISIBLE."

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love and happiness

"Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well." ~Mary Cholmondeley

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What are you willing to risk to live a full life?


AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"GIVE LOVE, SEIZE HAPPINESS."

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discovery work

"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart give yourself to it." ~Buddha

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What have you discovered about the work you are here to do?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"GIVE IT YOUR HEART."

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blessings and benefits

"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses." ~Hippocrates

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What benefits can you derive from those unhealthy aspects of your life?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"CONSIDER YOUR BLESSINGS AND FIND YOUR BENEFITS."

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raw invention

"You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself." ~Warren G. Bennis

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What is your raw material and what are you going to make of it?



~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"INVENT YOURSELF."

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more to life

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." ~Mahatma Gandhi

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
Are you trying to speed through aspects of your life?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"SLOW DOWN AND LIVE MORE FULLY."

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savor the moment

"Every moment is there to be savored and to be improved upon and invested with humor and with beauty and solemnity. We don't ever get to skip a single part and sort of fast forward to the life still to come." ~Garrison Keillor

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
Are you savoring the moments of your life?


~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"SAVOR THE MOMENT."

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seek within

"All you need is deep within you waiting to unfold and reveal itself. All you have to do is be still and take time to seek for what is within, and you will surely find it." ~Eileen Caddy

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What do you find when you are still and look within?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"WHAT YOU SEEK IS WITHIN YOU."

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more happiness

"Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you." ~Hafiz

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
Have you allowed happiness to find you (and in what ways might you still be running from it)?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"ALLOW HAPPINESS."

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celebrate more

"Celebrate what you want to see more of." ~Thomas J. Peters

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What do you want to see more of in your life?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"CELEBRATE YOUR LIFE."

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your potential

"Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential." ~John Maxwell

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
How much do you desire to manifest your highest potentialities?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"REACH FOR YOUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL."

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forward living

"Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward." ~Soren Kierkegaard

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
Are you living backwards or moving forward?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"MOVE FORWARD."

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energy of life

"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich." ~Sarah Bernhardt

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What energy are you creating with your life?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"CREATE POSITIVE ENERGY."

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straighten up

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What are you willing to struggle for?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"STRAIGHTEN UP AND GET TO WORK."

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light and love

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
Where are you directing your love and your light?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"EMANATE LIGHT AND LOVE."

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choice and destiny

"It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny." ~Jean Nidetch

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What choices will you make today?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"CHOICES DETERMINE DESTINY."

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center yourself

"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body." ~Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
"Are you centered and ready to manifest the energy of your soul?"

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"CENTER YOURSELF."

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grow purposefully

"I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand." ~Og Mandino

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What are you doing to grow towards your highest purpose?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"KEEP GROWING."

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more life

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." ~Mahatma Ghandi

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
Are you speeding through your days on automatic pilot?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"SLOW DOWN."

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a doer

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes." ~John Wooden

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What will you do today?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"BE A DOER."

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love in return

"The cure for love is still in most cases that ancient radical medicine: love in return." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
How are you returning your love?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"RETURN LOVE."

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your value

"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are." ~Malcolm Forbes

~QUESTION FOR CONTEMPLATION AND JOURNALING:
What are you undervaluing about yourself and overvaluing about others?

~AFFIRMATION FOR MEDITATION:
Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember...
"VALUE YOURSELF."

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