Humanity Healing Foundation's Blog – January 2009 Archive (31)

Healing Wisdom 11 January

"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity."

~ Bo Bennett

"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living."

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

When the fires of enthusiasm ignite, we become inflamed with a heightened interest in the tasks ahead. This fuels a passion that creates persistence despite what difficulties may occur. An enthusiastic… Continue

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Healing Wisdom 10 January

"The only real valuable thing is intuition."

~ Albert Einstein

"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

~ Benjamin Spock

Within each of us is a doorway that leads to our intuition. Many do not trust these flashes of insight because they are not arrived at logically. Intuition is an attitude we need to practice with intention because it can leap past barriers. When we allow reason to… Continue

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Healing Wisdom 09 January

"We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race."

~ Cicero

"I now understand that my welfare is only possible if I acknowledge my unity with all the people of the world without exception."

~ Leo Tolstoy

In nature, everything is interconnected and interdependent. Only humans seem to forget this basic understanding. We are one Humanity. We are a living system of… Continue

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Global Actions for Peace in Gaza

The latest news from Gaza is bleak.

13 days into the conflict, the death toll has risen to more than 680, with thousands more injured. 1.5 million people, 56% of them children, are trapped inside Gaza, an area about 6 miles wide… Continue

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Healing Wisdom 08 January

"The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them."

~ Charles de Lint

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

~ Pablo Picasso

Many think of innocence as quality of ignorant naiveté, but in truth, innocence can be the byproduct of wisdom. It is only possible to have an internally innocent attitude when we have a… Continue

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Healing Wisdom 07 January

"The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small."

~ Adlai E. Stevenson

"I believe that while governments make treaties, individuals make Peace"

~ Christopher Buck

In a world filled with violence, how does one create Peace? Peace begins in the heart of each individual. It comes from a personal commitment to… Continue

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Healing Wisdom 06 January

"Modesty is the conscience of the body."

~ Honore de Balzac

"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."

~ Oliver Goldsmith

Life situations change. What goes up eventually comes down. True modesty is not the absence of pride. It is the realization that there is a cyclical nature of balance and karma. When we adopt a modest attitude, we embrace the understanding that… Continue

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Healing Wisdom 05 January

"As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical"

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes,

Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise,

Poetic fields encompass me around,

And still I seem to tread on classic ground."

~ Joseph Addison

The poet inside of us evokes itself with happiness when we notice the grandeur of… Continue

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Healing Wisdom 03 January

"Great acts are made up of small deeds."

~ Lao Tzu

"The most effective way to cope with change is to help create it."

~Unknown

To set up an attitude to bring change to our lives we must first understand that any relevant transformation will not occur overnight. It demands time and work. To bring this about it is necessary to keep your heart open and maintain a positive loving attitude towards new… Continue

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Healing Wisdom 02 January

"I am a realistic-I expect miracles."

~ Wayne Dyer

"The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies."

~ François de la Rochefoucauld

It is necessary to have both feet on the ground to be able to truly live life's experiences. A pragmatic attitude is one that can transform dreams into reality. Dreaming too much can block progress that is already clear, because the… Continue

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Healing Wisdom 01 January

"Compassion is a foundation for sharing our aliveness and building a more humane world." ~ Martin Lowenthal

"When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space."

~ Pema Chodron

A… Continue

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