With intent to neither idolize nor demonize the man [Barack Obama], it seems fair and evident enough to say that the current president of America is not a leader whose way is that of violent public outbursts. It appears to be more that of a warrior-philosopher who practices the art of political persuasion by authoring acclaimed books, delivering well-crafted speeches, assembling unified coalitions, passing historic legislation, signing well-aimed executive orders, and cultivating a poised but accessible demeanor.

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First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.

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Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you.

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Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives. And make no mistake about it: love does take over and transform the schemes and operations of our egos in a very mighty way.

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Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace. by Aberjhani

Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.

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This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But... by Aberjhani

This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls.

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Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence, the more likely we are to continue to define history as one long inglorious record of man’s inhumanity to man.

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At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you.

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Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both... by Aberjhani

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.

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Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple. by Aberjhani

Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.

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You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.

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Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too.

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Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations. Tools such as compassion, trust, empathy, love, and ethical discernment are already in our possession. The next sensible step would be to use them.

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Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you. by Aberjhani

Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence are not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength.

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What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute. by Aberjhani

What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.

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The more sincere the soul, the heavier the cross endured. by Aberjhani

The more sincere the soul, the heavier the cross endured.

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Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.

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Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living examples of the same. Peace ends with the unraveling of individual hope and the emergence of the will to worship violence as a healer of private and social disease.

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Beneath the armor of skin/and/bone/and/mind most of our colors ar... by Aberjhani

Beneath the armor of skin/and/bone/and/mind most of our colors are amazingly the same.

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The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than... by Aberjhani

The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.

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