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		<title>It&#8217;s That Time</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to be quiet.  Time to listen and observe others.  Time to focus on everyone else but myself.
I AM BLIND
When my world seems too much for me to take, and everything whirls around  in a hurricane.  Things I fancy in my control slip from my grasp.   I am unable to make sense of or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Time to be quiet.  Time to listen and observe others.  Time to focus on everyone else but myself.</p>
<p>I AM BLIND</p>
<p>When my world seems too much for me to take, and everything whirls around  in a hurricane.  Things I fancy in my control slip from my grasp.   I am unable to make sense of or find solutions to dilemas.  In most cases I create these issues, just to have something to solve.  In my desire to be important or needed, I create a monster that no one wants around, not even myself.    I begin to complain about my life, and ask others how to solve the problems.  I talk too much of my downfalls and inability to control all that is swimming around.  My mind races and I am no longer my true self.</p>
<p>I CAN SEE</p>
<p>The world is not spinning around me, I am spinning around it. I am busily fluttering over everything I consider &#8220;my domain&#8221; and I am telling myself that this is all something I should be taking care of.</p>
<p>This happens once or twice a year. I know its time to refocus my attention on others. I have lost my way from peace and comfort.  I do not like this state I have put myself in.</p>
<p>So I will be quiet, I will observe more and listen intently without judgment or the desire to repair.  I am a healer to those who seek healing, when times are slow I shall not create something or someone to heal.</p>
<p>Be in peace.</p>
<p>Some quotes and how they helped :</p>
<p>Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.    <span style="color: #800000;"> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ralphwaldo140608.html">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><em><strong>(I bring myself peace by shutting my mouth and opening my heart to others)</strong></em></span></p>
<p>He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.<br />
<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/benjaminfr131311.html">Benjamin Franklin</a></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>(Obvious isn&#8217;t it)</strong></span></em></p>
<p>If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.<br />
<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mothertere107032.html">Mother Teresa</a></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>(I am at peace in you)</strong></span></em></p>
<p>It isn&#8217;t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn&#8217;t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.<br />
<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eleanorroo131302.html">Eleanor Roosevelt</a></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong><em>(Being quiet is work for me. It is work I know well to bring me joy, it is worth more than gold)</em></strong></span></p>
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