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23 things you might not know about younotes of encouragement, smartness and truth

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Dearest you!

When asked 23 glorious humans towrite a loe note foryour glorious self, they said"

#$%& '(%)&%!*

We offer this little book as a gentle nudgeto remind you of your magnificence,your sense of possibility, your beauty,

and your truth+

With much loe, (isa- some ery wise friends.

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You're a captivating compendium of innate talents, acquiredskills, hard-won lessons + intuitive glimpses.

Alexandra Franzen :: 4

the simple fact that you are alive...Amanda Oaks :: 5

Learn to give yourself permissionChris Guillebeau :: 6

We desperately need your glorious light of love and your oneof a kind la!ing genius.

Chris Zydel :: 7

Your attractions are a mirror of what's possile.Danielle LaPr!e :: "

"here#s no need to put on your $say cheese% smile or hide inyour &pan or cover up your grays.

Darrah Parker :: #Yes, you are a mess, ut...Dyana $alen!ine :: %&

You are a goddess.Gddess Lenie :: %%

You are made of bigness.Fabeku Fa!unmise :: %'

Your ody is on your side.

(eidi Fis)hba)h :: %*You turn your elegant head and the (arth spins on her ais.

(ir +,a :: %4

) want you to know that you are an artist.-amie .idler :: %5

&taying on your own side will get you what you truly desire.-en Luden :: %6

we are one and the same. Light seeing light. Love seeing love.-ulie Daley :: %7

*ust once, ) wish you knew nothing aout yourself.

/aren 0aezen 0iller :: %"You're worthy.

/ylie 12rin,man :: %#

ow can you find contentednessLe +abau!a :: '&

You are kinder, more courageous, funnier and much, muchmore powerful than you usually recognise.

0arianne 3lli!! :: '%

o you think you are a small star, when in fact you have theentire universe within you

0ark 1iler :: ''

)t is safe for you to spend time with your self.1usannah Cnay :: '*

You might not e ale to ignore the vampiresammy 1!rbel :: '4

You know more than you think.ara Gen!ile :: '5

/an you feel the one deep inside your chest, who has eistedforever

ara 12hia 0hr :: '6

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)le0andra 1ranzenis apromotional wordsmith &proactie pimp with

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,andblogging up a storm at6nicorns 1or &ocialism+

Y01 23( 4)5"(.You're a captivating compendium of innate talents, acquired skills,hard-won lessons and intuitive glimpses. "here is no one who can dowhat you do, in precisely the way that you do it. "here is nocomparison, and no competition. ow miraculous is that

Y013 &"03Y )& 52&/)62")64.Your first kiss. Your road trip epiphany. Your father's death. Yourfinal straw. You are an archetype, a narrative vessel, and a potentprotagonist. We want to know how you got here. 2nd we want toknow what happens net.

Y013 ")7( )& 82L129L(.2nd so are your opinions, services, and knee-:erk reactions. "hewisdom you take for granted could e a revelatory eperience forsomeody else. 6ever undervalue your knowledge.

;(0;L( W26" "0 (L; Y01.You have allies + advocates. 7entors + muses. &uper-pimps + secret

admirers. )f you need their aid, :ust 2&< = sweetly, concisely, andwithout epectation. You might e astounded at the outcome.

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)manda 8aks lies inwestern 'ennsylaniawith her loe life& partner their two sons+& &he blogs kindness,truth, inspiration,gentleness loe at& 9ind 8er :atter

i 9eautiful,

) :ust want to let you know how incredily lucky you are to ereading these words right now, not these particular words ut

:ust the pure fact that you 23(.

You proaly have contemplated this a time or two, every dayeven, ut ) want to pass along this gentle reminder to youinside this very moment, :ust in case you need to hear it.

Without getting into the physics > iology of it all, the simplefact that you are alive is quite impossile to elieve. "hecircumstances ehind your life, :ust one small variation in

your ancestry, since the very eginning of time, only had todiffer ever-so-slightly to make you... not so.

3evel in that thought for a moment, roll around in your

gratitude for it all. "he net time you look in the mirror, ekind, try smiling at yourself, there is no one in this wholeentire universe like you.

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Danielle (a'orte isthe creator ofWhiteotAruth+com,which has beencalled Ethe bestplace online for

kickass spirituality+E

Your authentic self lives in your dreams.

(ven if your current life has little resemlance to

your ideal or fantasi!ed life, your true self isliving in what you desire ? your desire to edynamic, prosperous, courageous, light, in charge,at peace, hot stuff.

Your attractions are a mirror of what's possile.

You are what you desire.

&o...move toward what you want, and your creativepower to make it real will egin to emerge.

9ut you have to move. You need to meet yourpower half way.

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Darrah 'arker is a&eattlebased portraitand family photographerand creator of the &liceof (ife 'roGect, a

photography ecourse foranyone with a camera+)rmed with her cameraand her curiosity, she ison a constant searchfor the Goy in eerydaylife, beauty in the oer

looked and underappreciated, and themagic in simplemoments+Darrah'arker+com

You, there. Yes, you. ) see you and you are eautiful.

6ow, efore you shrug your shoulders and start pointing out yourflaws, take a deep reath and take this in@ ) see you and you areeautiful. id you hear it that time )'ll keep saying it until you do.

You may look in the mirror and see the dark circles, the sags, and theags, ut that#s not what ) see. ) see you.Allof you.

"here#s no need to put on your $say cheese% smile or hide in your&pan or cover up your grays.

Your eauty radiates from a deep place. )t comes from a place ofknowing, a place of living, a place of $een there, done that.% 2ll thatyou have een has created all that you are ? the struggles and the

strife, the :oy and the laughter. )t#s all there. )n your knowing glancesand deep reaths and hopes for the future.

6ever discount all you have done and all you have een. You haveearned your eauty. Wear it proudly as a adge of honor. 3emoveone struggle, remove one wrinkle, and you would not e all that youare. You could not e all that you can e.

&o :ust know this@ ) see you and you are eautiful. (actly the wayyou are.

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Dyana Ialentine is aprofessional instigator,speaker, emcee andgroup wrangler+ &he helpsselfstarters become

selffinishers+DyanaIalentine+com

) wish you knew what ) know aout you@

Yes, you are a mess, ut in that ) can't wait to sit

with you in the kitchen and laugh aout how greatit is to e messes together.

"hat time when you surprised yourself, went for itand got eactly what you wanted Yeah, ) saw that.

When ) need to hear-it-like-it-is, you are the one )call.

You say 6o, "hank You, in a way that makes meknow ) can do it, too.

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=oddess (eonie is thecreator of=oddess=uidebook+com,apopular creatiity -spirituality blog forwomen+ 8oh! and

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Lm 1abeku 1atunmise Mlife awesomizer, sucke0orcist, wearer of redsuede shoes+ helppeople turn up theawesome in their life -business through themagic of sound+ n myspare time, coet darkchocolate, write loe

letters to $oda androam the internets insearch of the perfectluchador mask+&ankofa&ong+com

You are made of bigness.

2t your core, there#s something in you that#s igger than all of it.

2ll of the pain. 2nd the struggle. 2nd the dout.

9igger than the complicatedness. 2nd the comparisons. 2nd the feelings ofnot-enough-ness.

9igger than the fear of eing roken.

0r the fear that maye you already are.

"here#s a igness in you that#s always there.

You can#t lose it.

2nd no one can give it to you. 0r take it away.

)ts mo:o is deep.Enduring.

9reathe into it.

Let go.

)t#ll catch you.

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eidi 1ischbach is amassage therapist, mooddetectie and potionmi0er+ &heNs also a loer

of word and world, acuriosity fan, and isprone to inappropriatelaughter+

eidisAable+com

"You only hae to let the sot animal o your body loe hat it loes." --7ary 0liver

Your ody is on your side. )t adores you. )f you want to take good care of it, it will show you how. )fyou want to learn its language, it will teach you. Listen. Listen...

You are already on your way, my friend. ) see that you come earing the gift of curiosity. 4reatA 1securiosity like the superpower it is.

What does animal-you love What does it need Your ody is smart and oh-so-wise, it will showyou.

You can start really asic. /uriosity is all aout listening, oserving, reeeally payingattention... 5ind out what foods it loves. ave you fed it those 5ind out how it loves to move. oyou move it every day o you take it out into the fresh air o you take it to the forest or to yourcity park Your ody is an animal, after allA 5ind out when it likes to go to ed. o you go whenyou're tired or do you make your ody wait o you give it fresh water to drink

What's that )t's hard and you have no will power

0h my sweet, forget will power. Will power is overrated and never really lasts. 2nd when, y somechance, it seemsto work, scratch under the surface and you will find gritted teeth and whiteknuckles hanging on for dear life. 6ah, that's no way for you to live.

3ather than will power, stick with love. What does the soft animal of your ody love 5ind out. 2ndthen do it. 5rom love.

)n time your ody will start to feel more like home to you. You will see. When things get too deepand dark in your thoughts, and when your spirit is ehausted, your ody will e the one that's up

there holding the ropes, rappelling you ack up to solid ground.

You're doing great, my sweet. Your ody is one lucky duck to have you. What a pair you make. *ustlook at youA

/an't wait to hear how it goes. &end me a postcard

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iro Ooga is a writer,teacher and intuitiebusiness strategist whoblends transformatieenergy technologies, themagic of story, and

grounded spiritualwisdom to help creatiepeople and theirbusinesses flourish+


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Bamie Pidler is acreatie liing coach andthe founder of BamiePidler &tudios+ 1romcoaching to workshops,from podcasting to

blogging, Bamie is hereto help people find theconfidence and courageto discoer and e0presstheir creatie seles sothey can be the starthey are+

8penAheDoor+ca

"hey were wrong.

"hey were wrong when they told you that you couldn#t sing. 0rdance. 0r draw.

) know it hurt. ) know it shut you down. ) know you elieved them.

9ut they :ust didn#t see.) want you to see.

) want you to know that you are an artist. "hat every day somethingin your heart is waiting to e orn. With words. With pictures. Withcreativity. With action. With love. You have gifts unique in all theworld and we need you.

&o, cry if you need to. 4et angry on the page. 2nd know that ecausethey didn#t see your gifts doesn#t mean they aren#t there.

&ing. ;aint. oodle. raw. ance. 4ra your camera. "end yourgarden. Write a poem. Wear a costume. /ook a great meal. ;lay. )t#stime to rediscover what you knew when you were B. You are anartist. You are.

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Ben (ouden is a bestselling author andchampion of soulfulserice+ &heNs Guststarted a one yeare0periment in saoringand sering the world+Boin her at

Genniferlouden+com +

"he aility to stay with yourself, grounded in your elly andreath, to e on your own side, to not leave yourself in serviceto some ideal or yet another comparison or in the hurry upurge to get yet another thing ticked off your ucket list, to stay

here, especially when it is messy, painful CliterallyD empty,perpleing and confusing - that my darling precious :ewel, isthe key to all you desire, the doorway to eing feeling fullyalive, the magic carpet ride to ringing your true vocation tolife, and the sure fire way to have lots more se Cif you wantmore seD. &taying on your own side will get you what youtruly desire - pinkie swear.

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Bulie Daley is a coach,teacher, writer andhealer+ &heNs ledhundreds of people fromall walks of life to takean inward Gourney of thecreatie heartMthe sourcewithin each of us that

guides us to answers,healing, and personaleolution++6nabashedly1emale+com

Why, hello there. )t#s lovely to meet you. )#m going to get a little intimate with you,ecause that#s what ) do. "rust me. ) think you#ll like this.

)#d love to introduce you to someone really quite etraordinary. )#d love for you tomeet you, the radiant glorious you that is looking out your eyes. ) know you knowthe you ) mean. You may pretend not to know, ut ) know you do. )f ) were to sit

down right in front of you and ga!e into those sweet peepers, )#d see you and you#dsee me. ) don#t mean how we usually look at others, through the thinking mind. )mean how you look at another when you are really here, intimately here, heartopen and wanting to receive.

&o can ) /an ) sit down here with you and look into those etraordinary eyes )fit#s okay, )#ll tell you what ) see. ) see light, oodles of light, light from the sun, themoon and the stars all rolled up into two sweet eams streaming out your eyes. )feel love, oceans of love that emanate from your heart. 2nd ) feel peace, the peacethat is at the center of your very eing. ow do ) know these eautiful things

9ecause we are one and the same. Light seeing light. Love seeing love. You don#thave to hide any part of you, ecause )#m already in love, love struck y who youreally are.

3ight here, right now, in this fluid moment, you are swimming in a conscious sea,a sea infinitely pregnant with possiility. "his sea wants you to know it is longingfor you to know it. )t is here, at your service. 2ll you have to do is open to itE open

your eautiful heart to what is here, :ust as you have done with me.

"hank you for sharing you with me. )t has een the most glorious and sacredmoment. "wo souls meeting, opening and acknowledging that we are indeed one.)t doesn#t get any etter than that.

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9aren :aezen :iller

calls herself an errantwife, delinuent mother,reluctant dog walker,e0pert laundress andstationmaster of the fullcatastrophe+ &heNs alsoa @en Ouddhist priest

and teacher, orsensei

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9ylie &pringman is anempowerment coach andphotographer whoNs allabout the intricate artof liking ourseles+ $ou

can find her on Awitteras 4kyliewriteshere, orread her weekly at9ylieWrites+com+

You#re worthy.

You don#t need to do anything to deserve to e

taken care of, or showered with affection, orpampered. You#ve already earned it, y virtue of thefact that you#re you.

You deserve a dance reak, a vacation, and yourfavorite meal on a platter. 2 gold star.A #illion

gold stars.

"he more you reali!e and emody your !estygreatness, the more others will adore your you-nessand enefit from it. 2nd the more you#ll e a

magnet for the people who keep you nourished andcared-for.

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(eo Oabauta is asimplicity blogger &author+ e created@en abits,a Aop

2; blog accordingto A:% magazine.with 2KK,KKKsubscribers,mnmlist+com, and thebestselling booksfocus,Ahe 'ower of(ess, and @en Ao

Done+

(plore the question@ are you content, and ifnot, how can you find contentedness

7ost people are not content with what theyhave or who they are, and so their lives arespent full of desire to have more and e etter,acquiring more, eing usy, ecoming stressedout, getting into det, eing unhappy with

themselves, often ruining relationships.

"he answer is simple Cand difficultD@ findcontentedness. )f you can find it, you'll endmost of your prolems.

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:arianne %lliott is ahuman rights adocate,writer and yoga teacher+@en peacekeeper+


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:ark &iler hasauthored seen heartcentered business

learning programs, andhis writings are followedby thousands eeryweek+ e is adesignated masterteacher in his &ufispiritual lineage and iscurrently pursuing his

:asters of Diinityeart8fOusiness+com

"here is a quote from my tradition of &ufism, a saying ofthe ;rophet 7uhammad, peace e upon him, that issaid to e a direct quote from ivine &ource@ 6either7y heavens nor 7y earth contain 7e. 0nly the heart of

7y faithful servant contains 7e.

"o me this rings alive a further quote from my sheikh,&idi al *amal, o you think you are a small star, whenin fact you have the entire universe within you "hevastness of what our hearts carry is something eyond

comprehension. )t means that we never truly run dry ofthat which our hearts thirst for. )t means we have aninfinite spring that constantly renews, and we need haveno fear of endings, or leavings, or loss.

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Aammy &trobel is awriter, tiny houseenthusiast, catloer andcoffee addict+ &heblogs about socialchange through simpleliing atPowdy9ittens+com

You might not e ale to ignore the vampires, utyou can cultivate a sense of gratitude for the peoplein your life who are ama!ing and supportive. 5orevery mean and nasty comment or email you get,counteract the negative energy y doing somethingpositive for yourself, your family or community.oing this kind of work helps keep the ig picturein perspective.

)f you run across vampires in real-life or online,rememer that you are worthy, smart, and havesomething incredile to offer the world. on't letthe vampires tear you down. We need you to keepdoing ama!ing work.

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Aara =entile is aphilosopher of creatieliing, supporting artistsof all sorts withcoaching, businesssupport programs, andkicksintheproerbialpants+ 1ind her musings

attaragentile+comandher digital zine, &coutie=irl, at scoutiegirl+com+

You know more than you think. Yes, you. What ) wantyou to know aout yourself is that you don't need toread another ook or deconstruct another tutorialecause you already have the wisdom it takes to do what

you want to do. "he est teacher is not someone else -it's you. Your eperiments, missteps, and hard work areenough to produce something you're proud of.

We've een trained to notice all the knowledge we'relacking. 9ut there is so much more to you than what

you're missing. )n fact, it's only in your aundance ofwisdom, truth, and eauty that you can see your tinypores. 9e confident in all the knowledge > eperiencethat you do possess and don't worry aout what youlack. You'll fill in the gaps.

&tep away from the instructions and dive into yourgoals. You know more than you think.

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Aara &ophia :ohr is awriter and personalgrowth teacher+ &hewrites the blog Wise(iing and is thecreator of the'laying

Oig leadershipprogramfor women+

he One Dee2 nside 8ur Ches!&tep ack and watch your ody, eing a ody.Watch an arm move through space, watch an ankle turn.

Watch your ody, as it likes things or doesn#t,as it gets scrapes and ruises

as the skin darkens and falls into folds.

&tep ack to the perimeter of the theaterand watch your ody on the stage.

3ecede to that quiet knowing@5or now, ) am associated with this ody ?not inside it, or one with it ?:ust associated, for a time.

/asing. 0nly casing.9e kind to the casing if you like ? put oilson it and nourish it and move it to keep it stronger, for a time.6ever ecome it. "here, only suffering.

/an you feel the one deep inside your chest,who has eisted foreverWho has made a thousand :ourneysWho feels like a comet in the dark

"he inner filament

) know, no one ever told you.) know. )t wasn#t the name you learned to write at school,ut that one is you."hat one is the real you.

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Who made thatQ) didA Lisa 9aldwin. ;rolific ponderer.

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