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"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." ~Unknown

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“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” ~Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. ~Richard Bach

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“If you let people break your spirit and detour you from your path, then you have not been true to yourself or those you're here to touch, those who believe in you.” ― Allison DuBois

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When you think objectively about how much work went into creating your own capacity to have the experience you are having in this very moment – fourteen billion years of hard work - then it might even begin to strike you as immoral to spend too much time sitting around and worrying about the fears and desires of your personal ego. Surely the purpose of all that cosmic effort and creativity and positivity – from nothing to energy to light to matter to life to consciousness to you - could not possibly have been just for that. When you awaken to the evolutionary process and its endless creativity, and you discover how profound and complex the structure of our universe is, you start to recognize and appreciate, at a soul level, what a precious gift it is to be here. (p. 37, Andrew Cohen, Evolutionary Enlightenment: a new path to spiritual awakening,ch. A Big Yes)

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"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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“Follow your bliss and the Universe will open doors where there were walls.” ~Joseph Campbell~

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“Our life is what our thoughts make it.” ~Marcus Aurelius~

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"You want to become aware of your thoughts, you want to choose your thoughts carefully and you want to have fun with this, because you are the masterpiece of your own life." - Joe Vitale

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"Life in the physical realm is glorious, and its purpose is to bring you happiness through the awareness of who you really are. So go into this magnificent world of your creation, and make your lifetime an extraordinary statement and experience of the most glorious idea that you have ever had about yourself." ~Neale Donald Walsch

Emanations

"Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." ~Louisa May Alcott

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The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ~Elbert Hubbard

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"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." ~Saint Basil

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"A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life."

~James Allen

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"The most wasted day of all is the one without laughter."

~e.e. cummings

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"[Alice falls down the rabbit hole and her dress poofs up like a parachute.]

Alice: 'Well, after this I should think nothing of falling down stairs.'"

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Ten thousand flowers in spring
the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer,
snow in winter.
If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.
–Wu-men

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One of the things I love about fractals is knowing they are like a photograph taken of a moment of order found amongst chaos.

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I am indeed getting back into making fractals. I need to express my creative energy from time to time and though it's been about two years since my last fractal I easily picked it up as though it had only been yesterday. I can't wait to see what my fellow fractalists have been up to.

The First of 2012

I am getting back into the hobby.