We can either spend our time thinking about what we don’t have, feeling empty and bitter over some imagined contentment lost… or we can become quietly aware of what we already are and find there, within our Self, what is overflowing, full of Light, and beyond the reach of any dark thought.<\/p>\n
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When we know that life \u2013 bare as it may be at times \u2013 is the most precious gift of all, then ours is a peace beyond profit and immune to loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We can either spend our time thinking about what we don’t have, feeling empty and bitter over some imagined contentment lost… or we can become quietly aware of what we already are and find there, within our Self, what is overflowing, full of Light, and beyond the reach of any dark thought. *** When we…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,580,511],"tags":[11,934,63,212,753,1403,147,1373],"class_list":["post-2011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anxiety-worry","category-dark-thoughts-2","category-uplifting-quote-key-lesson","tag-awareness","tag-bitterness","tag-emptiness","tag-gratitude","tag-grief","tag-hurricane-sandy","tag-loss","tag-words-of-encouragement"],"yoast_head":"\n