Quotes to help us row the boat of our life in the turbulent of River of Time:

Rowing the boat of our life in the River of Time

Marianne Williamson in: A Course in Miracles

Quoted in the film Akeela

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most.

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We ask ourselves:

'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’

Actually, who are you not to be?

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You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking

so that people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us.

And when we let our own light shine,

we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, 

our presence automatically liberates others.   

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You are but the product of your thoughts;
What you think, you become.      

yath bhavam tath bhavati

You shall be, what you will to be.

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What is the process?

Start believing in yourself.

A musician must make music,

an artist must paint,

a poet must write;

What you can be, you must be.

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Begin doing what you want to do NOW.

Remember, we are not living in eternity; we have only this moment,

sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.

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Cultivate the 'Beginner's Mind':

Ask yourself --

How can I be a beginner in each moment --

even in situations where I am doing

what I have done before many times?

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We do not, what we ought,
What we ought not - we do; 

And lean upon the thought that chance will bring us through. 

But our own acts, for good or ill, are mightier power

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The will is free.

Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful.

The seeds of god-like power are in us still;

Gods are we, Bards, saints, heroes,if we will !

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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief
in injustice and tragedy. 

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, 

The master calls a butterfly.

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No one can make you feel inferior

without your consent.

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The past should be a springboard,

not a hammock.

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In the confrontation

between the stream and the rock,

the stream always wins,

not through strength,

but through perseverance.

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There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands.
You seek problems because you need their gifts. 

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"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear

--not absence of fear." -- Mark Twain 

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"A man with outward courage may dare to die;
but the one with inward courage dares to live."    --  Lao-tzu