In every moment we make a decision -- whether conscious or unconscious. Will I choose to open my heart, send love, withhold judgment and thus free myself from fear? Or will I close my heart, project fear instead of extending love, judge others, and thus bind myself to fear? The choice is mine and mine alone.

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Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.

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The new midlife is where you realize that even your failures make you more beautiful and are turned spiritually into success if you became a better person because of them. You became a more humble person. You became a more merciful and compassionate person.

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Forgiveness is the key to inner peace because it is the mental technique by which our thoughts are transformed from fear to love.

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We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." It's about letting God's light shine through us. It's about a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects. To let go, to just love, is not to fade into the wallpaper. Quite the contrary, it's when we truly become bright. We're letting our own light shine.

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Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

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There will be no peace in the world until there is peace in our hearts.

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

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Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.

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Your life shows up for you when you show up for your life.

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