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Marriage, families, all relationships are more a process of learning the dance rather than finding the right dancer

Marriage, families, all relationships are more a process of learning the dance rather than finding the right dancer

Paul Pearsall
Marriage, Dancer, Process
Paul P. Pearsall, Paul Pearsall (1991). “The Power of the Family”, Bantam Books

True joy results when we become aware of our connectedness to everything.

Paul Pearsall
True Joy, Joy, Results
Paul Pearsall (1988). “Super joy: in love with living”, Doubleday Books

The word 'silly' derives from the Greek 'selig' meaning 'blessed.' There is something sacred in being able to be silly.

Paul Pearsall
Fun, Silly, Blessed

Stop looking for love and start showing it.

Paul Pearsall
Looking For Love
Paul Pearsall (2009). “Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need: Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, be a Good Blamer and Throttle Your Inner Child”, p.56, Basic Books

Sharing laughter is a way of casting delight to the wind so it blows everywhere and to everyone.

Paul Pearsall
Laughter, Blow, Wind
Paul Pearsall (1996). “The Pleasure Prescription: To Love, to Work, to Play-- Life in the Balance”, p.177, Hunter House

We come to feel as we behave.

Paul Pearsall
Human Nature, Feels, Behave
Paul Pearsall (1997). “Write Your Own Pleasure Prescription: 60 Ways to Create Balance & Joy in Your Life”, p.107, Hunter House

There's never any closure in an awe-inspired life, only constant acceptance of the mysteries of life.

Paul Pearsall
Acceptance, Mystery, Inspired
Paul Pearsall (2007). “AWE: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion”, p.27, Health Communications, Inc.

Work addiction seems to be an addiction we are proud of. We almost seem to brag with mock displeasure that we are "overwhelmed" with busyness, sometimes as an excuse for not really being able to do what we really want to be doing. Work addiction is a symptom not of working your brains out but of your brain working you out. Why are you doing what you're doing for a career and how do you like doing it? Do you like your answer?

Paul Pearsall
Careers, Addiction, Brain
Paul Pearsall (1988). “Super joy: in love with living”, Doubleday Books

The objective of two lovers is almost always the same; to find meaning in their individual lives and in their life together.

Paul Pearsall
Relationship, Two, Together

The five principles of aloha, when practiced together, awaken our awareness of our human potential and the sacredness of our life.

Paul Pearsall
Together, Principles, Hawaii
Paul Pearsall (1996). “The Pleasure Prescription: To Love, to Work, to Play-- Life in the Balance”, p.54, Hunter House

Addiction is not a fact of life but a description about how we are choosing to live.

Paul Pearsall
Addiction, Facts, Description
Paul Pearsall (2009). “Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need: Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, be a Good Blamer and Throttle Your Inner Child”, p.45, Basic Books

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