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Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give.
Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment
You don't blast a heart open," she said. "You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.
Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going beserk.
Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
Live your life fom your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.
Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay.
Sometimes, we don't get what we want. . . But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do.
Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.
Our best problem-solving resource is peace. Solutions arise easily and naturally out of a peaceful state.
Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe.
The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.
We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt.
God, help me remember that when I admit and accept the truth, I'll be given the power and guidance to change.
Today, I will focus on what's right about me. I will give myself some of the caring I've extended to the world.
Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.
It's not what we don't know that hurts us, people say. It's what we believe is true that isn't that does the damage.
other people maay be there to help us, teach us, guide us aolng our path, But the lesson to be learned is always ours
Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.
Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other peoples best interests.
Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.
I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again.
The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.
Expressing passion and gratitude will guide your life. Say it again and again. Say it until you believe it. Say it until you live it.
When we're surrounded by things that look impossible, making a simple choice to do something that's possible is a powerful thing to do.
I never know what the next lesson is going to be, because we're not supposed to know -- we're supposed to trust ourselves to discover it.
Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.
Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do better, and I will let myself be.
Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.
Money is not evil. There is no scarcity, except in our mind and attitudes. And what we believe we deserve will be about what we shall receive.
A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.
In martial arts, every time you graduate, move to another level, you don't forget everything you've done. You build on it, but it's always there.
Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving. Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself. But most of all, remember to be happy.
If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.
We see and understand more about our behaviors. We come aware. And aware. And aware. . . Often, we feel uncertain about what to do with all this awareness.
Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy. There is no situation or circumstance so small or large that it is not susceptible to gratitude's power.
I used to be afraid of pain, didn't take a lot of risks, especially in love. I'm not as afraid anymore. I'm more spontaneous, more likely to say what I think.
The more we learn to love and respect ourselves, the more we will become attracted to people who will love and respect us and who we can safely love and respect.
The surest way to make ourselves crazy is to get involved in other people's business, and the quickest way to become sane and happy is to tend to our own affairs.
Furthermore, worrying about people and problems doesn't help. It doesn't solve problems, it doesn't help other people, and it doesn't help us. It is wasted energy.
Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not.
We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever. Do our best for the moment, then let it go. If we have to redo it, we can do our best in another moment, later.
We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming or cruel when we speak our truths.
Living our lives may not be an exciting prospect to some of us either. Maybe we've been so wrapped up in other people that we've forgotten how to live and enjoy our lives.
What do you do when life blindfolds you and spins you around? We think it's our fault, that we're to blame, when really we should be focused on being gentle with ourselves.
According to some Eastern religion, there is a belt that goes across the world, and I've heard that Minnesota is right in the heart of this spiritual-creative belt of energy.
Embrace and love all of yourself - past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.
Today I will simply accept. I will relinquish the need to be in resistance to myself and my environment in any way. I will move forward in joy by accepting where I am right now.