The past cannot be changed, the future is still in our power

Period.
The past cannot be changed, the future is still in our power.
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Let It Go
There's a wheel that some call karma that keeps turning in this life,
Saying "hatred breeds hatred; strife always ends in strife"
But how can the world get better, whence will come that brighter dawn
When the pain that you've been handed, you pass on?

You've got to let it go, let it go
You've got reason to be angry, but try not to let it grow;
When you brood on hate and bitterness till that is all you feel
You will never have the strength to stop the wheel.

When old resentments rise in you from heartbreaks where they hid
And you turn upon the innocent for wrongs another did
When oil upon the water only makes the water burn,
The wheel is trying for another turn.

The anger that defended you may yet your hopes betray
The war is over, cast aside your shield and walk away.
If you free yourself of bitterness, it is yourself you free--
Forgiveness leaves you richer -- you will see.
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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.


I refuse to feel guilty because I haven't measured up to someone else's standard of who I should be.
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Grow Up, Already!

Formerly, people got of age, severed their connection to their inner child and grew up. Once people had released their Inner Child, they forgot to stuff it back where it belongs. This explains a lot of things.

With their Inner Child running rampant through their psyches, more and more people fail to grow up. One tell-tale sign is when people start making excuses for their infantile behavior. The favorite excuse du jour seems to be a traumatic childhood event. Hope you and your inner child are singing from the same songsheet, Abort your mind state and kill your inner child.

What nurturing messages are you giving your "Inner Child"?
And what kind of example are you setting for your "Inner child"?
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