I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.

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Just remember that those things that get attention flourish.

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If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it-through the words you use to describe yourself, the actions you take to care for yourself, and the choices you make to express yourself. Tell the world you are one-of-a-kind creation who came here to experience wonder and spread joy. Expect to be accommodated.

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Compassion in action may be the glorious possibility that could protect our crowded, polluted planet.

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Your mission isn't a project to check off your list. It's a commitment to which to dedicate your life.

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Self-doubt is the greatest enemy of any new good habit.

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To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they're blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

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Sometimes we get so busy pursuing our dream that we forget to notice the degree to which we're living it already.

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Yoga will always be transformationa l, even when it stops being cool.

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Follow the tugs in your heart. I think that everybody gets these gentle urges and should listen to them. Even if they sound absolutely insane, they may be worth going for.

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