We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made of layers, cells, constellations.

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To understand just one life you have to swallow the world ... do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child?

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Life is too short to work so hard.

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The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. — Chris McCandless

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Boundaries emerge from deep within. They are connected to letting go of guilt and shame, and to changing our beliefs about what we deserve. As our thinking about this becomes clearer, so will our boundaries. Boundaries are also connected to a Higher Timing than our own. We’ll set a limit when we’re ready, and not a moment before. So will others. There’s something magical about reaching that point of becoming ready to set a limit. We know we mean what we say; others take us seriously too. Things change, not because we’re controlling others, but because we’ve changed.

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The Warrior of the Light concentrates on the small miracles of daily life. - Paulo Coelho

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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

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When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.

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Life is a journey, not a destination. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Never finish a negative statement; reverse it immediately, and wonders will happen in your life. - Joseph Murphy

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