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Charliedog
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 Posted - Jun 23 2016 : 06:52:43 AM
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as I began to love myself
As I began to love myself
I found that anguish and emotional suffering
are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.
As I began to love myself
I understood how much it can offend somebody
if I try to force my desires on this person,
even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it,
and even though this person was me.
Today I call it “RESPECT”.
As I began to love myself
I stopped craving for a different life,
and I could see that everything
that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call it “MATURITY”.
As I began to love myself
I understood that at any circumstance,
I am in the right place at the right time,
and everything happens at the exactly right moment.
So I could be calm.
Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.
As I began to love myself
I quit stealing my own time,
and I stopped designing huge projects for the future.
Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness,
things I love to do and that make my heart cheer,
and I do them in my own way
and in my own rhythm.
Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.
As I began to love myself
I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health
– food, people, things, situations,
and everything that drew me down and away from myself.
At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.
As I began to love myself
I quit trying to always be right,
and ever since I was wrong less of the time.
Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.
As I began to love myself
I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future.
Now, I only live for the moment,
where everything is happening.
Today I live each day, day by day,
and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.
As I began to love myself
I recognized that my mind can disturb me
and it can make me sick.
But as I connected it to my heart,
my mind became a valuable ally.
Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.
We no longer need to fear arguments,
confrontations or any kind of problems
with ourselves or others.
Even stars collide,
and out of their crashing new worlds are born.
Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!
~ Charlie Chaplin ~
 
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sunyata
USA
1513 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2016 : 07:53:46 AM
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| Ahh..Beautiful, Charliedog. |
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Beehive
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2016 : 11:45:01 AM
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| Thank you for sharing this. |
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kumar ul islam
United Kingdom
791 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2016 : 4:20:28 PM
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2016 : 12:48:35 AM
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Superb.  |
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Samadhi
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2016 : 7:21:29 PM
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djed
United Kingdom
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Posted - Aug 17 2016 : 05:11:06 AM
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| First time I've read this. You could always tell Chaplin had a brilliant mind. This is might be up there with his famous speech in The Great Dictator. |
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