“Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend… when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that’s present— love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure— the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.”
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“I want to hold on tight to everything and everyone I cherished and, at the same time, saw in a way I never had before that living on this earth, growing older, and growing up in the true sense of the word is really about learning how to let go.”
― Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment
― Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment
“Trust that through the balm of simplicity your frazzled and weary soul can discover the place where you ought to be. Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that’s right for each of us.”
― Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
― Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
“Perhaps the real point of life is simply to wear us down until we have no choice but to start abandoning our defenses. We learn that the way things are is simply the way they are meant to be right now, and then, suddenly, at long last, we catch a glimpse of the abundance in the moment--abundance even in the face of things falling apart.”
― Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment
― Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment
“Never forget that all you have is all you need.”
― Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
― Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
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