When you came screaming onto this planet you were truly a bundle of joy, a wide-eyed creature incapable of doing anything but being in the moment. You had no idea that you had a body, let alone that you should be ashamed of it. When you
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“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.”
― The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
― The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“We are not victims of our genes, but masters of our fates, able to create lives overflowing with peace, happiness, and love.”
― The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles
― The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles
“Here is the amazing thing: the caterpillar and the butterfly have the exact same DNA. They are the same organism but are receiving and responding to a different organizing signal.”
― Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There From Here
― Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There From Here
“You know why it’s hard to be happy—it’s because we refuse to LET GO of the things that make us sad.”
― The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles
― The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles
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