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January 2009 
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Posted on Sep 29th, 2008
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jdp
jdp
I am really lovign myGaia page. I check it first thing each day. But this morning I finally saw something that made me think "share!".
There is a wonderful quote by Paulo Coehlo that can be taken so many different ways.
"Anyone who has known happiness will never again be able humbly to accept sadness."
If you had shared that quote with me a year or even two ago, I would have shared "oh I KNOW! Its why I get so crazy trying to get people to listen, its why I always feel so impatient, its why I always am avoiding unpleasantness, its why I always try and cheer everyone else up".
Over time, over the hills over overwhelming joy and through the valleys of deep sadness, I've come to realize that its more appropriate for me to now think of such a quote focusing on "humbly" or "accept".
I no longer accept sadness. I appreciate it. I no longer humbly do anything. I celebrate everything.
Its the surest way and the fastests (is that a word?) way to get back to soaring over the happy hills.
Just because an experience, a moment or a feeling hurts doesn't mean it lacks value.
There is a wonderful quote by Paulo Coehlo that can be taken so many different ways.
"Anyone who has known happiness will never again be able humbly to accept sadness."
If you had shared that quote with me a year or even two ago, I would have shared "oh I KNOW! Its why I get so crazy trying to get people to listen, its why I always feel so impatient, its why I always am avoiding unpleasantness, its why I always try and cheer everyone else up".
Over time, over the hills over overwhelming joy and through the valleys of deep sadness, I've come to realize that its more appropriate for me to now think of such a quote focusing on "humbly" or "accept".
I no longer accept sadness. I appreciate it. I no longer humbly do anything. I celebrate everything.
Its the surest way and the fastests (is that a word?) way to get back to soaring over the happy hills.
Just because an experience, a moment or a feeling hurts doesn't mean it lacks value.
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