These inspirational topics are based on the essence of Summer-time according to the
5 Element Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine ​

RELATIONSHIPS

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"Find the best in others"  
​(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves". 
(Stephen R. Covey)

"Be committed to the relationship you have with yourself. We get so committed to other relationships, but often sort of toss ourselves out of the way"
(Louise Hay)

CONNECTING

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"The best, most valuable thing you can offer another - is your presence. Really being there, without being preoccupied". 
(Thich Nhat Hanh) 

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibres connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibres, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes and they come back to us as effects" 
​(Herman Melville)

GIVING

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"The smallest deed is better that the grandest intention"  (Larry Eisenberg)

"Great acts are made up of small deeds"  
(Lao Tzu)

“If you take action just for the sake of doing it, without expecting a reward, you will find that you enjoy every action you do. Rewards will come, but you are not attached to the reward”  
​(Miguel Ruiz)

JOY

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"The root of joy is gratefulness"  
(David Steindl-Rast)

"A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour"
(Unknown)

"I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude".
​(Brene Brown)

"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are"
(Marianne Williamson)

LOVE

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“Love is the absence of judgment.” 
(Dalai Lama)
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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
(Rumi)

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” 
(Rumi)