If your problem tries to pull you down to the ground of anxiety and concern and bother, smile and say, "I KNOW the answer is not down there. I am staying up...
No one makes us happy or sad. Our emotions don't happen to us so much as we choose them. In fact, our own thoughts, emotions and actions are the only things we...
While you may think the divine in nature merely a romantic notion, we who have been there know that its reputation for transformation is more than just an...
The journey you take is probably more important than your destination. Enjoy yourself. Enjoy the journey. * Mark Susnow, Leaving the Familiar Behind: Enjoy the...
Learn to suspend judgment of anyone or anything as good or bad, right or wrong, or as less than something or someone else. Begin to find meaning and soul in...
Emerson assured us, "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." Your real power must come from within. Your mind is your own and you solely manage your...
Sometimes we carry the pain for far too long. There comes a time when we have to let it go in order to go further along our path to healing, balance, and...
Learning takes place three ways. You learn by force. You learn by choice. You learn by being forced to make a choice. * Iyanla Vanzant, Beyond the Known:...
Acceptance that life is not fair opens the door to resolving the mysteries of life. If we do not accept the reality of life's unfairness, we continue to react...
I was asked if I had any regrets over where my life had taken me. "Few" was my answer. Oh, I could find a lot, if I looked... But regretting those wrongs would...
Today, right now, it is a day just like a birthday, and I am looking forward to today, because it is a gift - the present is here, now. * Michael Rawls, Up,...
Four minutes a day to feel sorry for myself and my situation, if needed. But no more than that, please. No more time than it takes for a total eclipse of the...
Letting go of people, of outcomes and specific plans isn't easy at first. But, why not respond to the world from the Spirit, the side of me that makes me...
The hierarchies of mankind's social, economic and political structures seem to be all-powerful while ordinary people seem to be powerless. Quite the opposite...
Our life purpose is unfolding and guiding us... if we listen more intentionally we can hear the song that our soul is singing, calling us, guiding us,...
Things get better when you get better. They get worse when you get worse... You cannot achieve anything by trying to manipulate the effect. Instead, look to...
Don't expect others to live up to your expectations, and own the fact that you have no responsibility to live up to the expectations of others. * Michael...
Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake. We have been where we needed to be, with the necessary people. We can embrace our history, with its pain, its...
Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. If you understand, and you show that you...
As steel is heated slowly and cooled rapidly in order to temper it's strength, so are we, at times, caused to walk through fire and deluged with the cold...
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. * Bernice Johnson Reagon, The Challenged Life ...
None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. *...
"What can I give you for your birthday, Beloved?" The answer came swiftly. "Your emptiness." I was puzzled. "Emptiness. What does it mean?" Then, I cupped my...
Walk away. Stop playing the game. Unhook. Learn your lesson. Thank the other person for having taught you something valuable. And be finished with it. Put it...
Know how to choose. Most things in life depend on it. You need good taste and an upright judgment; intelligence and application are not enough... There is no...
Faith is priceless when you need it. If you believe that everything happens for a reason it is easier to look for anything good in a negative situation and...
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. *...
If I can understand that what I am experiencing is part of the mission of my life, these difficulties lose their power over me. Regardless of how bad a...
It is not enough for me, nor is it for a rapidly growing segment of the population of this planet, to simply love my job, my wife, and my kids. It is not...
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