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	<title>Spiritual Things Matter &#187; Acceptance</title>
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	<description>"He who learns must suffer.  And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the   heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God." ~Aeschylus, Agamemnon</description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Wishes For You</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2010/01/01/new-years-wishes-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish for you,
all that is good for the coming year.
Laughter and a lighter heart
if your burden has become too heavy.
Clarity of thought
if pain has drowned out a sense of balance.
Healing for that part of you that has been injured
too deeply to put into words.
Wisdom to understand the difference between true suffering
and the too often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of Rejection</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/11/12/fear-of-rejection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When one finally accepts themselves exactly as they are, then and only then, will fear of rejection disappear. ~Viola Jaynes
Rejection is one of those hurdles that everyone will encounter at some point in their life.  It is an illusion that one must learn to use to their advantage in order to grow and learn.
I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show Your Wound</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/11/28/show-your-wound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-honesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual awareness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tenderness]]></category>

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Show your wound with your own tenderness
Know that tossed decay will rot in dark seclusion.
Fear must no longer be the guest that hides within
Healing&#8217;s desire is gently knocking on your door.
Show your wound oh lovely soul
Not to me and not to them.
But show it now to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twists And Turns Of Life</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/08/24/twists-and-turns-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beauty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
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We are displayed with such beauty
as we begin this life.
Pain and wounds have not yet mangled
the beginning of our time.
The innocence of existence
shines through so pure
with a display of vibrant colors
flickering with a dance of passion
for life that is brand new.
After a time, though,
the twists and turns begin
and we become unrecognizable,
through strange entanglements.
Entwined and knotted with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance and Rejection by: Sandy Carlson</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/04/acceptance-and-rejection-by-sandy-carlson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/04/acceptance-and-rejection-by-sandy-carlson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 11:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Possibilities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sandy Carlson is a blogger friend that often visits my site.  I have admired her work as well as her artistic abilities in writing, poetry, graffiti, photography, and making slides.  You may visit her site here.  She is not only a gifted individual but she also has a very gentle and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know Thyself</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/12/06/know-thyself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christ]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man. ~William Shakespeare
Socrates knew that self-honesty seems to be one of the most important keys for human growth when he said, &#8220;Know Thyself.&#8221;  I think about this subject often because [...]]]></description>
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