Diamonds In The Rough

[goingonhope]

Diamonds in the Rough

Positivity
Barbara Fredrickson

"There's a reason love is called a many-splendored thing.
It's not a single kind of positivity.

It's all of the above, encompassing joy, gratitude,
serenity, interest, hope, pride, amusement, inspiration, and awe."

 

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Diamonds in the Rough

Relaxation
Author Unknown

"The mark of a successful man, or woman, is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it."

 

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Coming Out
Chinese Proverb

"You can only go halfway into the darkest forest; then you're coming out the other side."

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Reconnecting With Oneself
Seung Sahn, (of the Kwan Um School of Zen)

"The Great Way is easy; all you have to do is let go of all your ideas, opinions, and preferences."

 

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Diamonds in the Rough

"All the mistakes I have made, all the follies I have witnessed, all the errors I have committed have been the result of action without thought."

- Anonymous

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"Empathy is one of the best indicators of maturity."

- Tongue Fu'ism

 

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"It's all very simple, or else it's all very complex, or perhaps it's neither, or both."

- Ashleigh Brilliant

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"Please don't tell me to relax--it's only my tension that's holding me together."

- Ashleigh Brilliant

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"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

- Sidonie Gabrille Colette

 

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"In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down."
- Brian Weir

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Brain Injury Defined Through The Eyes Of A Survivor

BATTLE: An intense or extended struggle.

RAGE: To speak, feel or act with anger.

AMBIGUOUS: Susceptible to multiple interpretations.

INEFFECTUAL: Powerless to change.

NEBULOUS: Lacking definite form or limits.

IMMANENT: Dwelling at the inermost heart of the human soul.

NEW: Different and distinct from what was before.

JOKER: An element in a situation that acts in an unexpected way.

UNDENIABLE: Not able to be denied.

RETRIEVAL: To get back or regain.

YET: In the time remaining, nevertheless; and DESPITE THIS!

by: Debbie Wilson

 

[Gamereign555]

This is good stuff, thank you Hope and to the others who are contributing to this thread. :)

 

[goingonhope]

"Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate in their ... relations."

-Sigmund Freud, psychiatrist

 

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The Bitterest Tears
-Harriet Beecher Stowe

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

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I have brutalized more patients by responding lovingly and caringly in the wrong way.

-Lawrence LeShan, PhD

 

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Diamonds In The Rough
;) (On Reality)

"Inside every older lady is a younger lady -- wondering what the hell happened." :confused:
-Cora Harvey Armstrong

 

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Diamonds In The Rough
;) (On Overcoming Obstacles)

"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict." :O_o:
-William Ellery Channing

 

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Diamonds In The Rough
(Happiness)

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."
- Albert Schweitzer