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an original koan by s m alexander
 
A master and a student are studying late into a cloudy night. The master dismisses the student so that he may travel back home.
 
The student appears hesitant and fearful to leave. The master ask the student what is wrong. The student answers that he is afraid of the dark.
 
The master thinks for a moment and with a smile replies that if the student is afraid of the dark, there is one thing the student must do. With great interest the young student inquires what must be done.
 
 
The old master responds gleefully, you must close your eyes!
 
Fear of the darkness
waits always to be conquered
behind closed eyes.

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“When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.” ―Heraclitus
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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return."
"Nature Boy" (1948) -eden ahbez
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if you are right, the sun sets. if you are wrong, the sun still sets. you can choose to let go of being right and see how you feel. - s m alexander / whatmadeyouhappytoday

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Full Moon Names

The month of June's full Moon's name is the Full Strawberry Moon. June's Full Strawberry Moon got its name because the Algonquin tribes knew it as a signal to gather ripening fruit.

It was often known as the Full Rose Moon in Europe (where strawberries aren't native).

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What is the meaning of life? That was all – a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years. The great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one. This, that, and the other. -Virginia Woolf 
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you are loved.
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“Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is.” ― Mark Twain
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Communism jokes aren't funny unless you share them with everyone.      
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when you find yourself in tears, consider a life where you never cried, a life where your lid was screwed on so tightly you never let sorrow out. that same seal would never be loose enough for joy or love to enter. regret not your tears my friend. - s m alexander

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