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Sylvia van Bruggen is a writer, poet, doodler and blogger.
She is the author of Ganesha's Blessings, MindScreens, Tales from Random Planets, 30 Days of Joy and several poetry books.
Her poems and short stories have been published in various magazines.
She lives in the Netherlands with her husband, their two cats and several novels in various draft stages.
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How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere: An Anthology of Spiritual Memoirs

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“All the happiness in the world stems from wanting others to be happy, and all the suffering in the world stems from wanting the self to be happy. —Shantideva”
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“Kindness is my religion,”
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“When you let your attention slide for a bit, don’t think you will get back a grip on it whenever you wish—instead, bear in mind that because of today’s mistake everything that follows will be necessarily worse. . . . Is it possible to be free from error? Not by any means, but it is possible to be a person always stretching to avoid error. For we must be content to at least escape a few mistakes by never letting our attention slide.” —EPICTETUS,”
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“There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

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