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Love is love. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love.
— Leo Tolstoy

This statement truly exemplifies why I believe I participate in the things I do in my life. I’m sure that many people often feel the same way. I’ve reached a point in my life where I truly value my time, and only do the things that I know I truly appreciate and love.

I mean, we all participate in things that aren’t our favorite, but we do them with good intentions, and more than likely because it involves someone that we truly care about.

For Valentine’s Day, we truly share because of the depth that our love has for another individual. Our heart is filled with the blessing of others, and we are able to share our love with these individuals on a special day.

A simple expression goes a long way. I would just not hesitate to remind people that simple expressions can take place on any day, not just on Valentine’s.

Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun.
— George Scialabba

I would like to say that this statement has truth, that you’re allowed to have both, intelligence and imagination. They can absolutely work together to benefit others. A work of art, a novel, an eloquently written poem, all must thrive on the ability to utilize both intelligence and imagination.

It is amazing to find pieces of art that hold such essence, whether you’re in a museum, paging through a book, or scanning through your child’s artwork. Beautiful pieces of art can absolutely take your breath away.

This is why I hope that the above quote is true. It’s a valuable statement that syncrhonizes the two.

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This is such an incredible message from Daily Om, that I have to share.

As Blessed As You Want to Be
The Power Of Staying Positive
Our thoughts are not simply ethereal pieces of information that enter our minds and then disappear. The words and ideas that we think can shape our lives and drive us toward success and happiness or failure and distress. How you think and feel can have a profound effect on your ability to recognize opportunity, how well you perform, and the outcome of the goals that you’ve set for yourself. When you maintain an optimistic outlook and make an effort to harbor only positive thoughts, you begin to create the circumstances conducive to you achieving what you desire. You feel in control and few of life’s challenges seem truly overwhelming because it is in your nature to expect a positive conclusion. An optimistic mind is also an honest one. Staying positive does not mean that you ignore difficulties or disregard limitations. Instead, it means spending time focusing only on the thoughts that are conducive to your well-being and progress.

Positive thinking dramatically increases your chances of success in any endeavor. When you’re sure that you are worthy and that achievement is within your grasp, you start to relax and look for solutions rather than dwelling on problems. You are more likely to imagine positive situations or outcomes and disregard the thoughts related to giving up, failure, or roadblocks. What the mind expects, it finds. If you anticipate joy, good health, happiness, and accomplishment, then you will experience each one. Thinking positively may sound like a simple shift in attention – and it is – but it is a mind-set that must be developed. Whenever a negative thought enters your mind, try immediately replacing it with a constructive or optimistic one. With persistence, you can condition your mind to judge fleeting, self-defeating thoughts as inconsequential and dismiss them.

It is within your power to become as happy, content, or successful as you make up your mind to be. Staying positive may not have an immediate effect on your situation, but it will likely have a profound and instantaneous effect on your mood and the quality of your experiences. In order for positive thinking to change your life, it must become your predominant mind-set. Once you are committed to embracing positive thinking, you’ll start believing that everything that you want is within your grasp.

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