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• I live now and only now, and I will do what I want to do this moment and not what I decided was best for me yesterday.

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  Yesterday, Want, Moments

  Hugh Prather, James Baldwin (1983). “Notes to Myself”

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• Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing. In this way boredom can act as an invitation to freedom by opening me to new options and thoughts. For example, if I can't change the activity, can I look at it more honestly?

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  Boredom, Looks, Way

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.34, Bantam

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• Books seek us out. They slip themselves into our hands just at the time we are ready for a new self-concept.

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  Book, Self, Hands

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• Forgive and be happy. That is the ancient secret?the only wisdom ever to be attained.

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  Secret, Forgiving, Ancient

  1982 The Quiet Answer.

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• There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart.

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  Heart, Bitterness, Painful

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• When someone disagrees with me, I do not have to immediately start revising what I just said. People don't want me to always agree with them. They can sense this is phony. They can sense I am trying to control them: I am agreeing with them to make them like me. They feel; "I don't want to exist to like you. I DON'T exist to like you."

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  People, Justice, Trying

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.105, Bantam

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• Many books on communication are strong on theory but impractical on application. Marshall Rosenberg's instant classic is the stand-out exception. It is clear and compelling in its logic and flat-out inspiring in its inviting exposition of usable techniques and strategies. If this book is read by enough people, the world will transform.

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  Strong, Book, Communication

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• I like a man with faults, especially when he knows it. To err is human

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  Men, Faults, Humans

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.100, Bantam

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• We become what we look at most.

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  Looks

  Hugh Prather (1977). “Notes on Love and Courage”, Main Street Books

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• Sometimes when I generalize, I am saying, 'Let's pretend I am God,' and of course the other person argues that point endlessly. But I notice that if the other person takes a stand for himself and states his thoughts as his thoughts, I pay more attention to what he is saying and look deeper in myself.

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  Looks, Attention, Pay

  Hugh Prather, James Baldwin (1983). “Notes to Myself”

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• It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow.

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  Lying, Today, Tomorrow

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• Love itself is not an act of will, but sometimes I need the force of my volition to break with my habitual responses and pass along the love already here.

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  Needs, Sometimes, Break

  Hugh Prather (2003). “Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions”, Conari Press

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• Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.

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  Hate, Cocky, Men

  Hugh Prather, James Baldwin (1983). “Notes to Myself”

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• Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored; there must be something else I want to be doing... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or new thoughts.

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  Thinking, Boredom, Want

  Hugh Prather (1983). “Notes to Myself”, Bantam

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• Our job this day is to become part of the answer to the world's immense and protracted suffering rather than continuing our ancient task of being part of the difficulty.

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  Jobs, Compassion, Suffering

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• If I work toward an end, meantime I am confined to a process.

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  Ends, Process, Confined

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.31, Bantam

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• I'd rather be happy than right.

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  Happiness

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• I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.

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  Needs, Reason, Feels

  Hugh Prather, James Baldwin (1983). “Notes to Myself”

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• Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, and not making myself doubt when I am believing. Surely neither God nor Accident need my consistency.

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  Believe, Consistency, Doubt

  Hugh Prather (2003). “Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions”, p.11, Conari Press

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• Perfectionism is slow death.

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  Perfectionism

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.38, Bantam

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• I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel.

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  Want, Feels, Know How

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.125, Bantam

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• To sing with the voice of angels as we do the work of angels. To laugh with the laugh of Buddha as we go to our awakening. To extend the arms of Jesus to welcome the presence of children and let them climb into our hearts.

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  Jesus, Children, Heart

  Hugh Prather (1996). “Spiritual Parenting: A Guide to Understanding and Nurturing the Heart of Your Child”, Harmony

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• To avail yourself of His certain wisdom, ask of Him whatever questions you have. But do not entreat Him, for that will never be necessary.

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  Certain, Asks

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• Because the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure.

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  Effort, Results, Unpredictable

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.30, Bantam

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• When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.

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  Lying, Ambitious, Balls

  Hugh Prather (1983). “Notes to Myself”, Bantam

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