Author Archives: Attempted Love

Tina Carreiro says I don’t know what circumstances occurred in your life…

“I don’t know what circumstances occurred in your life for you to build such a strong brick wall around your heart, but I do intend to tear it down.” – Tina Carreiro, Power of the Moon

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C. JoyBell C. says the problem about cutting out the best of your heart…

“The problem about cutting out the best of your heart and giving it to people, is that 1. It hurts to do that; and 2. You never know if they are going to throw it away or not. But then … Continue reading

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Vera Nazarian says don’t look for a soul mate…

“Don’t look for a soul mate. Make one — out of the complex fabric of the human being already with you. Instructions are never included. They vary with the strength of your ability to see, the measure of your selective blindness, … Continue reading

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John Joseph Powell says no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until…

“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.” – … Continue reading

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Donovan sings for me to love you now would be the sweetest thing…

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Pema Chodron says when we protect ourselves so we won’t feel pain…

“When we protect ourselves so we won’t feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart.” – Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart:  Heart Advice for Difficult Times

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Rumi says out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing…

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi

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