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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/8/2008 5:51:45 PM

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People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle. --Thich Nhat Hanh

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/8/2008 5:53:38 PM

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"Look at those cows and remember that the greatest scientists in the world have never discovered how to make grass into milk. "
— michael pipin

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/10/2008 1:45:15 PM

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The road to happiness lies in two simple principles:

find what it is that interests you and that you can do well,

and when you find it, put your whole soul into it -- every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have. ~ John D. Rockefeller III, philanthropist

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/10/2008 1:55:55 PM

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Hello Thankful One
Im grateful for your quote by Rockefeller today because last night I was invited to a Dinner at Lewis University where Gordy Gilliespie a rather famous College Sports Coach shared a motivational message with the Baseball Team there it was the same premise as Rockefellar here ....when I asked him what advice he would give an aspiring motivational speaker and life coach he grabbed my hand. smiled and said know what you love, love what you know and share it with your audience who you must come to know, be genuine and practice giving speeches....it was a wonderful experience and today your message keeps the beautiful experience alive
Namste
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Barbara T

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/11/2008 9:11:54 PM

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Jude, I LOVE your quotation from Thich Nhat Hanh. It's so true, life on earth is difficult if we don't look for beauty and everyday miracles.

Lori

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/12/2008 8:59:24 AM

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Jude, (it takes longer for some people) I just found your two quotes and I really love BOTH of them. I agree with Lori and the quote, there are so many miracles in the ordinary that we take so for granted. I really love the quote about turning grass into milk. Thanks for sharing them both.

Jessica, I really like your poem. (You have forever planted an image in my mind--the lurking woman fading in and out of the shadows. She slowly quietly lurks behind webpages as she intently watches the keystrokes produce new and mysterious words, waiting to suck the new message into the marrow of her bones. Maybe we should start a mystery story about "The Lukerwoman and the Mystery of the Disappearing Web Posts. It could be all about this "frothy figure" completely unsuspectingly flitting in and out of all our computers. Suddenly, her little eyes peer down from the monitor onto the pages as we type. The frustrations mount as word after word, no sooner typed, disappears from the page with a loud slurpping sound. The screen becomes a dense, midnight black with a loud screeching crackle!)PLEASE, YOU DO KNOW THAT I AM NOT MAKING FUN OF YOUR SCREEN NAME. Imagination has just gone amuck this morning!

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/14/2008 6:27:33 AM

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On the occasion of St. Valentine's day, I would like to share the following quote:

If you really love, from the depths of your Consciousness, that love gives you a native wisdom. You perceive the needs of others intuitively and clearly, with detachment from any personal desires; and you know how to act creatively to meet those needs, dexterously surmounting any obstacle that comes in the way. Such is the immense, driving power of love.
~ Eknath Easwaran

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/14/2008 6:54:08 AM

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Thank you for this, Alchemist.

What Rabbi Mosche Löb says is in the same vein. I will try a translation.

I have learned from a peasant how one should love others.
He was sitting in a tavern. For a long time he was silent, but when his heart was moved, he addressed his neighbor, "Tell me, do you or don´t you love me?" (I would prefer to translate the original by "Do you care for me?", as I have pointed out on another thread.)
The peasant thus addressed answered, "I love you very much". The first peasant replied, "You say you love me, but you do not know what I need. Would you really love me, you would know."
The other one was unable to say a word, and the peasant who had asked him was also silent like before.

"I, however", says Rabbi Löb, "understood that this is love between human beings: to sense what they need..."

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/14/2008 7:48:54 AM

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Juliana

The Rabbi's story is quite similar. Thank you. Stories and parables can sometimes say a lot more than mere words can convey.

Alchemist

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/21/2008 1:28:42 PM

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Today I came across this quote which speaks to me:

"A poet is a nightingale,
who sits in darkness
and sings to cheer
its own solitude
with sweet sounds".

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/22/2008 5:35:53 AM

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Juliana

That is very lovely. Darkness seems to be a prevalent theme in much poetry as well as spiritual writings. Here is a quote I like.

Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
~ Bhagavad Gita

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/25/2008 1:26:09 PM

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I love music, and Beethoven is my favorite classical composer. Here are some of his quotes:

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Music should strike fire from the heart, and bring tears from the eyes.

With Love
Joe

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/25/2008 1:29:24 PM

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Thank you Joe for these quotes. Beethoven is my favourite too and I was pleased to find I share his birthday!

Jude

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/25/2008 3:57:20 PM

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Imenuff, I too, loved the garbage truck post. It is one of my favourites.

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/25/2008 3:58:44 PM

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oooops!! Wrong thread! LOL

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/26/2008 12:03:06 AM

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Joe (and others),
Would you mind to share some of your favorite Beethoven tunes? I'm curious and would like to learn more about classical music if anyone cares to share.

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/26/2008 12:10:24 AM

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Of course I´d gladly share lots and lots of classical music by the composers of my home country - but then I´d need your postal address to send you the CDs!

Or you come to the Gratefulness meeting in MATTLI/Switzerland in September!

Juliana

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/26/2008 12:39:01 AM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6txOvK-mAk The Moonlight Sonata. My grandmother played this in the Sydney Town Hall (then the largest concert hall in Australia) at the age of ten. My favorite of his piano sonatas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZGb-Kjy0S0&feature=related The 6th Symphony (35 minutes). Those of us who are old enough remember part of this from Fantasia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8eigkwmMEo The 7th Symphony (goes for 33 minutes). My favorite of his symphonies. The second (slow) movement is one of the most moving pieces of music you will ever hear. Beethoven wrote it to express his feelings about becoming deaf (he was totally deaf by that stage).

http://kreusch-sheet-music.net/noten/beethoven_op92.pdf The sheet music for the Seventh Symphony. It always amazes me that human beings have the capacity to put some dots on a sheet of paper, and then others can turn it into a way to touch not just our minds and hearts, but our very souls.

Enjoy

With Love
Joe

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/26/2008 7:31:36 AM

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Joe,
THANK YOU!

I had always heard about Beethoven's Symphony #9 and #5, but never #7. What a nice treat to hear it this morning and to also know the story behind it. It's a beautiful and moving piece of soul connecting music. Karajan is a wonderful conductor to watch.

The Moonlight Sonata is also very nice. That's pretty cool about your grandmother playing the Moonlight Sonata at the largest concert hall in Sydney at only ten years of age. Did you inherit any of her interest in enjoying or playing music?

Again, thank you for sharing this. I look forward to hearing any of the other musical treats you share and any more classical or other music that anyone else cares to share.

Thankful one who is thankful for all the wonderful sharing that goes on here

P.S. Here's a quote I like from Brett McKracken

Here is my non-traditional definition of what we might call worship: Any music, art, or experience that moves us in a transcendent way.

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 2/26/2008 2:52:24 PM

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Thankful one, I like lots of Beethoven, but from the first time I heard it as a child, I've loved his symphony number 6, the Pastoral, but it has to be played by an orchestra whos conductor doesn't rush it too much. I just feel Beethoven should be savored and lots of his music feels quite solid, if that makes sense, as well as passionate. I also love the symphony number 7 especially the slow movement. But the ending of symph no 6 just has me in raptures.

Jude

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