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“Ignorance incarcerates you,
truth sets you free,
and knowledge lights your way around the universe.
Ego incarcerates you,
humility sets you free,
and gratitude lights your way around the universe.
Greed incarcerates you,
contentment sets you free,
and charity lights your way around the universe.
Fear incarcerates you,
hope sets you free,
and faith lights your way around the universe.
Guilt incarcerates you,
grace sets you free,
and faith lights your way around the universe.
Desire incarcerates you,
self-discipline sets you free,
and patience lights your way around the universe.
The heart incarcerates you,
the mind sets you free,
and the soul lights your way around the universe.
Death incarcerates you,
life sets you free,
and awareness lights your way around the universe.
The past incarcerates you,
the present sets you free,
and eternity lights your way around the universe.
Darkness incarcerates you,
light sets you free,
and God lights your way around the universe.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Anything you do, let it come from you. Then it will be new. Give us more to see...”
― Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George

“I was taught by family at ten.
I was taught by books at twenty.
I was taught by enemies at thirty.
I was taught by nature at forty.
I was taught by life at fifty.

At ten, I was foolish.
At twenty, I was naïve.
At thirty, I was alert.
At forty, I was experienced.
At fifty, I was wise.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

George Bernard Shaw
“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no "brief candle" for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
― George Bernard Shaw

Shannon L. Alder
“Dear Child,

Sometimes on your travel through hell, you meet people that think they are in heaven because of their cleverness and ability to get away with things. Travel past them because they don't understand who they have become and never will. These type of people feel justified in revenge and will never learn mercy or forgiveness because they live by comparison. They are the people that don't care about anyone, other than who is making them feel confident. They don’t understand that their deity is not rejoicing with them because of their actions, rather he is trying to free them from their insecurities, by softening their heart. They rather put out your light than find their own. They don't have the ability to see beyond the false sense of happiness they get from destroying others. You know what happiness is and it isn’t this. Don’t see their success as their deliverance. It is a mask of vindication which has no audience, other than their own kind. They have joined countless others that call themselves “survivors”. They believe that they are entitled to win because life didn’t go as planned for them. You are not like them. You were not meant to stay in hell and follow their belief system. You were bound for greatness. You were born to help them by leading. Rise up and be the light home. You were given the gift to see the truth. They will have an army of people that are like them and you are going to feel alone. However, your family in heaven stands beside you now. They are your strength and as countless as the stars. It is time to let go!

Love,

Your Guardian Angel”
― Shannon L. Alder

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