Face difficult situations with compassion. And welcome. It makes the good times even better.

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Listen with the eyes

And with heart

Learn to relax into it ...

... the cold, the difficult things. And the fun,the things that are easy too.

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Seek to reveal that is in full sight ...

... but is unseen, overlooked, or discounted. Seek that of the mind's eye as well.

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Seek guidance from nature with intention, gratitude and openness, ...

..., and when leaving do so with gratitude and openness. For the gift of personal symbols, metaphors, reflections offered by the welcoming wilderness.

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If I am moved by it, I am connected with it.

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When the final word isn't really the final word.

A courtesy. Deferring to experience with kindness.

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Nuance

... with insight and brevity.

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A prayer ...

" ... yet not my will, but yours be done." (Luke 22:42)

Not just "will" but "wish" as well. A prayer for the tough times. And for the good.

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Test that which rings true or feels right.

Occasionally.

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Tolerant about intolerance.

Gentle words, a calming breeze.

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The gift of silence.

For reflection and growth. More words are unlikely to make the warmth of ones vision clearer.

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Got more out of it than the result.

Improve the process, even if is an incremental one. It all adds up.

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1+1=_________

... 3 sometimes. Or something more perhaps.

The intersection of two regions results in a third. Ideas when combined often create or reveal new unexplored dimensions.

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Perception shapes reality.

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, a symbol is worth ...

... a gallery of pictures.

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No brakes quite strong enough for speeding thoughts.

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A little can mean a lot.

It often does.

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What is the right distance?

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The finer details buried under the trivia

... and the trivia in the details.

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Friendly rivals -- change and acceptance.

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Life's experiences are ...

... to be continued.

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The words may be obscure, but the emotion should shine through.

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It has to be a gift.

Free and clear.

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A warm smile to brighten the world.

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Grow into recommendations.

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Get used to climbing those hills and mountains.

Trust that every now and then, the clouds will clear to reveal spectacular views.

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Vision is more than sight. Understanding extends beyond words.

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A sense of balance, a sense of centered purpose.

In a chaotic world, with its demands, priorities, goals, and multifaceted information sources, the need to find and refine what balance really means is as important as ever. If anything the world which now fits into ones pocket just keeps getting closer. To keep it from closing in altogether, we need to carve out places within ourselves. An architecture that holds personal meaning, containing symbols one can identify with easily. Symbols that are both simple and layered with meaning, and most of all linked comfortingly with ones personal or professional experience. Consider the symbols one associates with growth, or justice, or peace, or sacrifice, or service. It could be any or all of these, or any other, just as it could be a religious symbol, but it does not need to be. Anything that absorbs the mind: engages the mischievous child, tempers the ardent youth, steers the rebel, challenges the ambitious adult, inspires the wise elder, all of whom and more are within us. And it could be a phrase with a deeper meaning. Uplifting strains of music, calmer breaths, strenuous work. Anything that connects, making us kinder and more resolute versions of ourselves, cannot be too far from the right balance we seek.

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We must struggle with our truths.

More so than at the words or the actions of anyone else. Realize that perhaps they too are dealing with complexities of life in ways not dissimilar from our own. Accept that on occasion sincere words and efforts may inadvertently drift afar or even hit closer than intended. Keep working on these and the truths we seek for bringing us closer.

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Who else can carry ones cross?

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Edges, and those close to these, spin a lot..

Often in place. Enduring progress for oneself from the center, from the inside growing out, rather than dictated by outside norms.

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World: survival ... sentience ...

With so many things in between and beyond. Sexuality. Spirituality. Connecting us cosmically. The future with the past. Drives and desires, the seemingly insurmountable challenge really a reminder about the link that runs through the world. And us.

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Everything is also something else.

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Simplicity layering complexity

... and complexity cloaking simplicity.

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If not the sunrise, the sunshine then.

Any day or night, even a cloudy one. Each good for the opportunity for making a contribution.

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Seek the place where ones efforts make a meaningful difference.

Keep moving closer to the time, the place, and with the people, when the moment offers its own rewards. It it get to perfect a bit at a time.

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To say what is really important in the broadest terms.

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Prepare well, then look for the opening.

Or build one.

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Begin where it can matter.

To someone or for something. And stay with it.

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On voicing opinions and reasons.

Regardless of how strongly felt ones emotions are, or how well reasoned ones thoughts, consider the relative importance of the issue itself. There are, after all, plenty of matters to deal with, some more important personally than others. Select the ones that need to be won first, along the venue for voicing these. Recognize when one is just venting. And when the conclusion is a foregone one.

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Revisit earlier issues for new insights.

Find that rainbow after the thunderstorm.

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Rather than louder, become softer. Gentler.

Rather than angrier, become kinder. Fair and firm.

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Let the line of resoning take its due course ...

... including excursions to places that are difficult to visit.

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Humor, like hope, is something of a condiment.

A little of either goes a long way.

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If placed into a difficult situation, what would be the kindest thing ...

... I could say or do, while drawing the line. It will make for the best course of action at that time and in those circumstances.

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Learning to say 'no' to trivialties ...

... and leaving room to say 'yes' to the things that are important.

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A zoological garden.

Our world sitting atop a volcano.

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Some boundaries are better left untested

Possessing the ability, the opportunity, and the will to cross over, may not be the best reason to do so. For curiosity maybe. For kindness quite likely.

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Channel the forces

... that cannot be reigned in.

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Free the one that imprisons.

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Shift the emphasis.

Any topic has multiple areas of emphasis. Redirect the conversation to gentler, more productive areas.

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Puzzle or pleasure.

Include both.

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Time to still time.

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Butterflies and bears.

Us.

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What a little of, can sweeten ...

... a lot of, may muddy. There are time of course when being all muddy is good.

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The sound of restful breathing.

Any sound or sense that will rest the mind.

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Recognize the chaos.

Own mine.

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Breathe to nourish.

Gobble and slurp vs munch and sip.Pause to relish.

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The right place and the right time to begin. Or begin again.

Are in the here and now.

- Vigs