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Category: Vera Nazarian

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it.But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target.So does gossip.

attack, boomerang, cause, circle, effect, gossip, hit, hitting, karma, return, strike, target, verbal-attack, weapon

There’s a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act.

act, acting, artifice, falsehood, game, games, illusion, lie, lies, playing, pretence, pretend, pretending, pretense

Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self.Don’t limit yourself to being a mere fountain when you contain an ocean.

depth, fountain, limits, ocean, original, originality, thinking, thought

It’s easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone.

camel, cell-phones, heaven, heavenly, man, mobile, phone, rich, rich-man, riches, tech, technology, treasure

Each letter of the alphabet is a steadfast loyal soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter falls, and the entire language falters.

alphabet, grammar, language, languages, letter, literacy, paragraph, sentence, story, tongue, word

Back in Russia we were dirt-poor. Here in the West we are still poor but have risen above the dirt to tower alongside stalks of grass!

class, poor, poverty, pride, rising, russia

Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream.Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks.There’s a steaming mug in your hands, warming your fingers.There’s a friend seated across from you in the cozy chair, warming your heart.There is mystery unfolding.

christmas, companion, companionship, fire, hearth, holiday, holidays, mystery, warmth, winter, yule, yule-log

Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all…

mysteries, mystery, puzzle, puzzles, solution, solve, solving

Desire is like fog on a bathroom mirror — its presence incites you to wipe the mirror, and see yourself clearly again.

desire, fog, mirror, perception

What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible?We put on formal wear and suddenly we become extraordinary.On the days when you feel low and invisible, why not try this on for size: imagine you are wearing a fantastic tailored tuxedo or a stunning formal gown.And then proceed with your day.

arttitude, attire, clothing, confidence, formal, formal-gown, formalwear, little-black-dress, tuxedo

Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing.But what about your true

answer, call, calling, evoke, invoke, name, names, naming, nickname, nicknames, respond, response, self, true, true-name, truth

You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself.Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self.Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy.Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself.Otherwise, cede your gavel.

acceptance, charity, fair, fairness, judge, judgment, justice, mercy, personal, self, self-esteem