These thoughts are on my refrigerator, or somewhere in the house where I can see them regularly.
They trigger off thoughts I wish to keep foremost in my life, my mind and my heart.

The truth shall set you free. RIGHT after it pisses you off

A wise woman is silent

If He led you to it, He will lead you through it

Now. Be here NOW

Isn't it NICE?

WHAT?

No matter how you fret, worry or pace, it will be as it should be

You don't get to vote on the way it is. You already did, and you got what you chose

It's much easier to ride the horse in the direction it is going

Solve it together, not against each other

Awareness, Acceptance, Action

Cause, Control, Cure

Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired

Guilt is wasted energy on the past.
Worry is wasted energy on the future.
Be here, now.

The more we share it, the less power it has over us

To fret over what you do not have is to waste what you DO have

You can't control the universe, only your reactions to it, and your little space within it

Life is a series of cycles in which you have no choice but one - the spirit in which you meet them

Perfection is a state in which things are the way they are, or, things are not the way they are not.  
As you can see, the universe is perfect. Don't lie about it

You are god in your universe. You caused it. You pretend not to have caused it so you could play with it.
And, you can remember you caused it any time you want to

Life is a game.
In order to have a game, something has to be more important than something else.
If what already is.....is more important than what isn't ....the game is over.
So....life is a game..... in which what isn't...is more important than what is.
What do you want?

Read this one slowly, one line at a time, don't read on until you 'get' each line.
If you could really accept that you are not ok, then you could stop trying to prove you are ok.
If you could stop trying to prove you are ok, you could get it that it is ok not to be ok.
If you could get it that it is ok not to be ok, you could get it that is ok to be the way you are.
If you can get it that is is ok to be the way you are, you can change the way you are.

You can't leave the rut, or learn how to, if you refuse to accept you are in the rut.

The man who makes another his goal is a hitch hiker no driver should ever pick up. Your life and your life's work is your entire purpose, and you must speed past any killer who assumes the right to stop you. Any value you find outside your work any other loyalty or love must be only travelers you chose to share your journey and must be travelers going on their own power in the same direction. (From Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand) 

And finally.....A master is simply someone who found out.

How many times have we wandered from the path that at one point in time seemed so clear, so firm? The forest gets pretty thick sometimes. Most of the time, one of the lines above will trigger off what I need to return to sanity, decision, purpose, focus. Other times I have to call Debra and ask her to thunk me back into reality. Other times I wander for months before I realize just how far I strayed off the path.

There is a logic, a clean process of thinking that allows a practical and beneficial way of dealing with life and the living of it. Unfortunately, it is in direct conflict with most influences that bombard us daily, hourly. Life is over flowing with "I can't live without you" songs and persuasions that slowly but surely turn our thinking to agree with their dependent style. Just as the theory behind church is regular exposure to those who believe in God in order to keep you thinking along the same lines the days that you aren't in church, if you want to remain in a sane, logical frame of mind you need to expose your brain REGULARLY to sane, logical thoughts and methods of thought. Daily. Hourly.

We are raised in a world that does not teach our children how to think or deal with the issues of life. We are taught the classic three R's in school, how to learn to add and subtract, not how to deal with anger, death, conflict. By the time you discover there is another way of dealing with life, you are well programmed in the old method, creating an entirely new learning process. It's like teaching an old dog new tricks. It can be done but it is not only a learning experience, it is a RE-learning experience. We have to be re taught how to THINK, and ACT, opposed to react. Then it has to be reinforced, constantly. Daily. Hourly.

Tools that work for me might not work for you. The tools or thought that snapped me back to reality may not work for you. When you find the thought that did work, keep it close. Write it down. Put in on your frig. Read them. Feel them. Think about them. Daily. Hourly.

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