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When the mind is busy avoiding the pain of a problem, it never gets to solving the problem.


Jim Genovese

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JIM GENOVESE Seek the problem, and the solution becomes evident.
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JIM GENOVESE Trying to change things we can't is as frustrating as accepting things we can.
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JIM GENOVESE The past is full of of regret, the future fear, and the present joy.
JIM GENOVESE Engage life! That's the only way to fully enjoy it.
JIM GENOVESE Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE Don't resist life, flow with it.
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JIM GENOVESE The simplest solution is the best.
JIM GENOVESE Don't wait for the right time to do something because it never comes.
JIM GENOVESE If what I am doing isn't working, I must change what I am doing to improve the situation.
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JIM GENOVESE Try not, be.
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JIM GENOVESE You're the only one who knows your world.
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JIM GENOVESE I think, therefore it is.
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JIM GENOVESE Change is an enemy or friend, depending on whether I am happy or sad.
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JIM GENOVESE To know yourself is to know the world.
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JIM GENOVESE Death is the reward for living.
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JIM GENOVESE The more you engage life, the more you live life.
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JIM GENOVESE Only the present is real.
JIM GENOVESE The path most walked on is the easiest one to use, but probably not the best.
JIM GENOVESE Expertise is made up of more practice and more refinement.
JIM GENOVESE God gives us enemies so we will appreciate those who love us.
JIM GENOVESE Trying to control people is like trying to heard cats. It's not a good idea.
JIM GENOVESE Do your part, and God will do the rest.
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JIM GENOVESE We achieve our best results when instinct and experience meet.
JIM GENOVESE Every face is beautiful when it smiles back.
JIM GENOVESE The time to start is now.
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JIM GENOVESE We find what we look for.
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JIM GENOVESE Trying to hard impedes progress.
JIM GENOVESE Without challenges and change there can be no progress.
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JIM GENOVESE The goal of learning is to practice what you've learned.
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JIM GENOVESE The result of trying to fix others is frustration; the result of trying to fix ourselves is wisdom.
JIM GENOVESE If all become one, each becomes none, but if one is all, then each becomes everything.
JIM GENOVESE Duality is like the head and tail of a coin. In reality both form only one coin.
JIM GENOVESE Take care of yourself because it is an inside job.
JIM GENOVESE You do to yourself what you do to others.
JIM GENOVESE If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right.
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