Top 3 Soul's Thought of The Day For July 2002

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                      SOUL'S THOUGHT OF THE DAY
                    
                Volume Four - Issue #7 -#4/Stand Still... 

                      By Ms. A.J. Mahari (aka soul)
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Sometimes, no matter how hard we fight, we hurt.
Sometimes, no matter how much we try, we fail.
Sometimes, no matter how much we search, we remain in the dark.
Sometimes, no matter how much we thirst, we cannot be quenched.

Stop pushing. Stop trying to control. Stop competing. Run your
own race. Stand still.

Standing still gives us time to adjust. Standing still helps us to
integrate change. Standing still gives us the space that we need
to process the stress that accompanies both positive and negative
change.

Sometimes, when we are least prepared we find tremendous success.
Sometimes, when things get better we find this newness frightening.
Sometimes, we find parts of what we've always been searching for 
                  - and the light is bright.
Sometimes, when we least expect it our desires meet with opportunity.

Stop pushing. Stop trying to control. Stop competing. Run your
own race. Stand still.

              

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      Thought of The Day for Monday, July 29, 2002               
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                      SOUL'S THOUGHT OF THE DAY
                    
              Volume Four - Issue #7 -#5/Love Yourself... 

                      By Ms. A.J. Mahari (aka soul)
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Love yourself, trite eh? As if we don't think that we do
this, albeit magically without thought, all-too-often. Have
you stopped to ask yourself if you are truly being loving
to yourself or not?


Are you too hard on yourself? Do you treat others better
than you treat yourself.?


Relationship to self is as much as journey as any other
relationship in life. We need to keep working at it. We
need to pay attention to how we treat ourselves and to
how we think about ourselves.


Be your own best friend. Love yourself. Be kind to
yourself. Take care of yourself. Don't be afraid to
be real. Don't be afraid to set limits. Don't be afraid
to be a "grown up".


The greatest success life has to offer us is the
joy and peace that come when we are accepting
and understanding of who we are.


Love yourself.


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      Thought of The Day for Tuesday July 30, 2002     
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                      SOUL'S THOUGHT OF THE DAY
                    
            Volume 4 - Issue 7 - #6/Dance in Your Chains... 

                      By Ms. A.J. Mahari (aka soul)
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What is more revealing as to who we are and where we are
in our lives than how we dance in our chains? What 
are your chains? How have you experienced those chains?
What do you think about yourself? Do you define yourself
according to your chains?

Too many of us tend to see our chains as entirely negative
restricting things that diminish us because they may leave
us feeling or being experienced by others as different.
Though the world often tries to force conformity in ways
that make it seem as though difference is undesirable, there
is nothing wrong with being different. Some of our most
spirit-filled essence as individual human beings comes from
our very difference.

I've tried for years to shed some chains that just won't go
away. I feel, however, like I have rid myself of their power
by reading just one quote. When I read this quote I realized
that it isn't what has chained me that holds me prisoner or keeps
me from my goals, desires and dreams -- NO! It's how I
limit myself by what I think about those chains -- not
to mention the time I can waste wondering what others 
think about my chains, when in all likelihood others are too
busy with their own chains to be minding mine.

The quote that so added to my growth:

"True Freedom is being able to dance in your chains." 
(Fredrich Nietzsche) 

There is freedom to be found in understanding your chains.
When you understand your chains you will learn to dance
in them. Dancing in your chains -- being who you are, just
the way you are -- faults and all -- is what being free, to be,
is all about.

I can only be chained by that which I choose to give
power to. I can only be trapped when I choose to not
be free. Chains exists in all of our lives. The strongest
chain of all is the chain of thought. Don't let your 
thoughts trap you. 

Think freely. Freely think. Dare to be different and 
dance in your chains.



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      Thought of The Day for Wednesday July 31, 2002    
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