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The sun is shining
Temperature climbing
May gently bowed goodbye

Scarlet roses and strawberries
Love is in the air
The moment is yours

Cottonwood fluff
Floating on the breeze
Snowflakes in June

In this month of grass and leaves
Symphony of summer flowers on the march
Strike up the band

Proms and weddings
Graduation days
These are the times of your life

Cherries and berries ripening fast
Where pleasant sights salute the eyes
And pleasant scents the noses

To the sleeping woods under the starlit night
Noise of a hidden brook
Sings a quit tune

If a June night could talk,
it would probably boast
that it invented romance

And what is so rare
as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days.

I wonder what it would be like
to live in a world
where it was always June.

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Our love is like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June.

Our love is like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.

And I will love you still, my dear
Till all the seas gone dry
And the rocks melt with the sun.

And I will love you still, my dear
While the sands of life shall run.

And I will come for you, my love
Though it were ten thousands mile away.

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That which is impermanent
attracts compassion.
That which is not provides wisdom.

Our greatest happiness
comes from the experience
of love and compassion.

When your fear
touches someone’s pain,
it becomes pity,
when your love
touches someone’s pain,
it become compassion.

Go to the truth beyond the mind.
Love is the bridge.

Love is not what we become
but who we already are.

People hide their truest nature.
I understood that.

Do you ever just put your arms out
and just spin and spin and spin?
Well, that’s what love is like;
everything inside of you
tells you to stop before you fall,
but for some reason you just keep going.

If every life is a river,
then it’s little wonder that
we do not even notice the changes
that occur until we are far out
in the darkest sea.
One day you look around
and nothing is familiar,
not even your own face.

My name once meant daughter,
grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved.
Now those words mean only
what their letters spell out;
Star in the night sky.
Truth in the darkness.

I have crossed over to a place
where I never thought I’d be.
I am someone
I would have never imagined.
A secret.
A dream.
I am this, body and soul.
Burn me. Drown me.
Tell me lies.
I will still be who I am.

Remember what I’ve told you.
Remember me.

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It is a contradiction;
A creek- a hundred thousand years old
but renewed with each rainfall.

The same river can never be crossed twice.
The flowing water has no memory of footprints.

We need never be bound by the limitations
of our previous or current thinking,
nor are we ever locked into being
the person we used to be,
or think we are.

The saddest part about being human
is not paying attention.
Presence is the gift of life.

Your life isn’t behind you;
your memories are behind you.
Your life is ALWAYS ahead of you.
Today is a new day - seize it !

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Loving others
is the greatest gift
we can give ourselves.
Altruism that rewards one’s self.

You may only be a small musical note
in the realms of life,
but together with others
you make a symphony.

You tap in to this oneness
and become part of the universe as a whole.

Have faith
in the universe and its capability
to lead you to the path of abundance.

Remember that in the end,
the universe
responds to our emotions,
not to our words.

If we ask,
we should also
be prepared to give.

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Thoughts, words,
emotions and deeds
not coming from love
are likely coming from fear.

One way to define wisdom
is the ability to see, into the future,
the consequences of your choices in the present.

While it is true that most people never see
or understand the difference they make,
or sometimes only imagine their actions
having a tiny effect,
every single action a person
takes has far-reaching consequences.

See,
the ‘small stuff’
is what makes up
the larger picture of our lives.

Despite popular belief to the contrary,
there is absolutely no power in intention.
There is no difference in the person
who intends to do things differently
and the one who never
thinks about it in the first place.

Have you ever considered how often
we judge ourselves by our intentions
while we judge others by their actions ?
Yet intention without action is an insult
to those who expect the best from you.

The longer you’ve known someone-
the more history there is between you-
the longer it will take to establish in their mind
that you have truly changed.

Remember, forgiveness is an altogether
different thing from trust or respect.

Forgiveness is about the past.
Trust and respect are about the future.

Forgiveness will be in the hands of others
and can be given to you,
but trust and respect
are in your own hands
and must be earned.

Sometimes,
all a person needs
is a little perspective.
A grateful perspective
brings happiness and abundance
into a person’s life.

Life itself is a privilege,
but to live life to the fullest- well,
that is a choice.

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In war,
truth is the first casualty.

It is always easier
to fight for one’s principles
than to live up to them.

Probably,
no nation is rich enough
to pay for both war and civilization.
We must make our choice;
we cannot have both.

O peace!
how many wars
were waged in thy name.

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Love like rain,
can nourish from above,
drenching us with soaking joy.
But sometimes,
under the angry heat of life,
love dries on the surface
and must nourish from below,
tending to its roots,
keeping itself alive.

If you hold back on the emotions—
if you don’t allow yourself
to go all the way through them—
you can never get to being detached,
you’re too busy being afraid.
You’re afraid of the pain,
you’re afraid of the grief.
You’re afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails.
But by throwing yourself into these emotions,
by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way,
over your heard even,
you experience them fully and completely.

You see,
you closed your eyes.
That was the difference.
Sometimes you cannot believe what you see,
you have to believe what you feel.
And if you are ever going to have other people trust you,
you must feel that you can trust them, too—
even when you’re in the dark.
Even when you’re falling.

There is everything you know
and there is everything that happens.
When the two do not line up,
you make a choice.

There are no random acts…
We are all connected…
You can no more separate one life from another
than you can separate a breeze from the wind…

Each affects the other,
and the other affects the next,
and the world is full of stories,
but the stories are all one.

There is nothing noble about suffering
except the love and forgiveness
with which we meet it.

Once you see what the heart really needs,
it doesn’t matter if you’re going to live or die,
the work is always the same.

Faith is about doing.
You are how you act,
not just how you believe.

There is no place
where forgiveness is inappropriate.

Love
is the only rational act.

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The most significant gifts
are the ones most easily overlooked.
Small, everyday blessings:
woods, health, music,
laughter, memories, books,
family, friends, second chances,
warm fireplaces,
and all the footprints
scattered throughout our days.

Good memories are like charms…
Each is special.
You collect them,
one by one,
until one day you look back
and discover they make
a long, colorful bracelet.

Life is a series
of pulls back and forth.
You want to do one thing,
but you are bound
to do something else.
Something hurts you,
yet you know it shouldn’t.
You take certain things for granted,
even when you know you should
never take anything for granted.
A tension of opposites,
like a pull on a rubber band.
And most of us live
somewhere in the middle.
Life is like a wrestling match.
So which side wins ?
Love wins.
Love always wins.

Be compassionate …
and take responsibility for each other.
If we only learned those lessons,
this world would be a better place.