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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>The Courage to Discover Self</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/10/14/the-courage-to-discover-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Potentials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-honesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Maturity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own.  Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it. ~Lord Chesterfield
The older I become, the more I realize what is meant when I hear people say that youth is wasted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gift of Silence</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/08/16/the-gift-of-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consideration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K.Alan Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silence]]></category>
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Photograph by: K. Alan Lewis
The privacy and clarity of silence
Can cleanse the heart
And heal it more easily and swiftly
Than all the words we so desperately try to find.
Silence gives space to thoughts and images,
Reflecting gently on details
Otherwise lost
In the murky water
Of the noisiness of life.
Silence brings wonder
At life&#8217;s meticulous design.
It purifies our surroundings.
Greater yet,
It distills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Past Disappointment</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/02/14/moving-passed-disappointment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disappointment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insecurities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living in the present]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Disappointment often lowers our unseen posture. We feel heavier and a sense of sadness that something we had relied upon, something we had trusted in, or someone we needed, did not come through for us. Perhaps we even feel embarrassed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life and Tears</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/10/15/197/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/10/15/197/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogsphere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lionel Bodilis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxed out Mama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

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Photograph by: Lionel Bodilis
~Teri~
May you find peace in the midst of turmoil today.
May you find comfort in your own tears.
May those tears flow freely with fond memories to pass on,
And may the presence of your beloved always be in your heart.
I pray for you today, that the joys of yesterday will never be forgotten,
That the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pain And Suffering</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/04/pain-and-suffering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kahlil Gibran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lonliness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M. Scott Peck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus
Due to the recent loss in our family, I have contemplated once more the meaning of pain and suffering that we as humans so often experience.  No one wants to suffer and none of us want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speak To Us Of Love</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/29/speak-to-us-of-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/29/speak-to-us-of-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kahlil Gibran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speak To Us Of Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suffering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Prophet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a great admirer of Kahlil Gibran&#8217;s work.  The wisdom and the depth in his writing is profound, beautiful, and moving.  One of my all time favorite is out of his book, &#8220;The Prophet.&#8221;  Today, I would like to share it with my dear readers.    May it speak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Four-Leaf Clover</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/08/25/the-four-leaf-clover/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/08/25/the-four-leaf-clover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Four-Leaf Clover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherless Daughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We cannot do great things on this earth.  We can only do small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa
As I looked through my jewelry box to pick out a necklace for the day, I was drawn to my gold, four-leaf clover necklace, which has great meaning for me.  In a separate post on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Someone&#8217;s Sweater</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/05/20/the-favorite-sweater/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/05/20/the-favorite-sweater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 14:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Injustice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orphanage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ If you wish to know what justice is, let injustice pursue you.
~Eugenio Maria De Hostos
Life in the orphanage was a time that I&#8217;ve come to appreciate the older that I have become.  I realize that I have gained some perspectives about certain things that may or may not have happened through a normal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/05/10/a-mothers-day-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/05/10/a-mothers-day-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 14:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May you never tire of giving of yourself as you reach deep within to find your true Source of Wisdom.  May you value your motherhood above all responsibilities as you realize the true gift that you are to your children.  May you continually find new ways of expression as you teach your children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Prayer For Children</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/05/08/growing-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/05/08/growing-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 16:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suffering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let the innocence of youth stay pure as they grow and mature.
Let their laughter echo around them that others may find hope for joy.
Let their purity be guarded as they wander into the world.
Let their sensitivity grow into greater awareness of You.
Let their hunger to understand lead to knowledge to assist mankind.
Let their mystical hearts [...]]]></description>
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