I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check.
("Eat, Pray, Love")
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The little fishing boat anchors right off the shore of Gili Meno. There are no docks here on this island. You have to roll up your pants, jump off the boat and wade in through the surf on your own power. There's absolutely no way to do this without getting soaking wet or even banged up on the coral, but it's worth all the trouble because the beach here is so beautiful, so specialElizabeth Gilbert
But when it comes to writing the thing that I've sort of been thinking about lately, is why? You know, is it rational? Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this Earth to do.
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Everyone makes their own path, and I must make mine. The Bhagavad Gita - and ancient Indian Yogic text - says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life perfectly. So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly. It is mine.
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If something is rubbing so hard against you, you can be sure it's working on you.
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Only the young and stupid are confident about sex and romance.
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Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy.
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