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Beattie: Gratitude

Beattie: Gratitude

by Stephen Rowley | Mar 13, 2018 | Quotes

Tags: Acceptance, Chaos, Clarity, Counseling, Gratitude, Life, Melody Beattie, Peace, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Vision
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our...Read More
Brach: We Live Behind a False Veil

Brach: We Live Behind a False Veil

by Stephen Rowley | Mar 13, 2018 | Quotes

Tags: Compassion, Counseling, False Veil, Life, Psychotherapy, Reality, Self, Tara Brach, Therapy
We live behind a false veil, an exterior that keeps us separated from who we truly are. Trapped behind this cloak, we build stories and beliefs that may temporarily serve our safety and wellbeing, but that ultimately separate us from the reality of our lives. Beyond...Read More
Einstein: Do Not Grow Old

Einstein: Do Not Grow Old

by Stephen Rowley | Mar 13, 2018 | Quotes

Tags: Albert Einstein, Children, Counseling, Life, Mystery, Old, Psychotherapy, Therapy
Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children Before the Great Mystery Into which we were born. Albert Einstein, Physicist Read More
Whitman: The Sane and Beautiful Necessities

Whitman: The Sane and Beautiful Necessities

by Stephen Rowley | Mar 13, 2018 | Quotes

Tags: Body, Counseling, Life, Necessities, Poet, Psychotherapy, Sanity, Simple, Soul, Therapy, Walt Whitman
The great country, the greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad, sad foil of extreme, degrading, damning poverty, but the land in which there are the most homesteads,...Read More
Palmer: Choose Community

Palmer: Choose Community

by Stephen Rowley | Mar 13, 2018 | Quotes

Tags: Abundance, Community, Counseling, Life, Love, Parker J. Palmer, Psychotherapy, Scarce, Story, Therapy
In the human world, abundance doe not happen automatically. It is created when we have the sense to choose community, to come together to celebrate and share our common story. Whether the “scarce resource” is money or love or power or words, the true law of life is...Read More
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