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InsPIRATIONS

10 Books that have a Permanent Home in my Personal Library

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06

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

07

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

08

All About Love

by bell hooks

09

The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

10

When Things Fall Apart: 

Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chodron

01

On Living

by Kerry Egan

02

In Love with the World: 

A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche 

03

Untamed

by Glennon Doyle

04

ALL books by Brene Brown

05

Long Walk to Freedom

by Nelson Mandela

Favourite Quotes to Enlighten

"The roots of a lasting relationship are mindfulness, deep listening and loving speech."

 

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"It is a big and beautiful world.  Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it.  I don't want to be most of us."

 

-  Oberyn Martell,

Game of Thrones.

“We are always in transition.  If you can just relax with that, you'll have no problem."

- Chogyam Trungpa

"If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is."

 

-  Angelina Jolie

“Knowledge is learning something everyday.  Wisdom is letting go of something everyday.” 

 

-Zen Proverb

“Oh (God), help me believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is.”

 

- Macrina Wiederkehr

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.  It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.  We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

 

- Albert Schweitzer

"Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life.  When you help, you see life as weak.  When you fix,  you see life as broken.  When you serve, you see life as whole.  Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego and service the work of the soul."

 

-  Rachel Naomi Remen

Four Personal Qualities Important to me  

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1. Integrity

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2.Accountability

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3. Honesty

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4. Kindness

Videos for Reflection

Matthew McConaughey | 5 Minutes for the NEXT 50 Years of Your LIFE
05:49
On Knowing Happiness
07:02

Happy Music to Discover!

P!NK, Willow Sage Hart - Cover Me In Sunshine (Official Video)
02:37
Robbie Williams | Love My Life (Official Video)
03:29
Natalie Merchant - Kind and Generous
03:59
Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up [Official Music Video]
04:49
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