“When you surrender your will, you are saying, “Even though things are not exactly how I’d like them to be, I will face my reality. I will look it directly in the eye and allow it to be here.” Surrender and serenity are synonymous; you can’t experience one without the other. So if it’s serenity…
“Teach thy tongue to say, “I do not know,” and thou shalt progress.” ~ Maimonides There’s no sense in pouring anything more into a glass that’s already full, right? But if you’re empty — if you don’t already know it all — then there’s room to receive. And when you think about it, my friend, how can you…
“The physical body is at work every moment, an array of mechanisms with a brilliance of design and efficiency our human efforts have never begun to match. Our hearts beat, our lungs breathe, our ears hear, our hair grows. And we don’t have to make them work — they just do. Planets revolve around the…
“I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi To err is human, my friend. As human beings none of us is perfect. There will be moments when…
“You know why it’s hard to be happy? It’s because we refuse to LET GO of the things that make us sad.” ~ Bruce H. Lipton, Biology of Belief You know, my friend, our natural state is one of happiness. It’s light, easy, playful, fun. That’s what Life feels like when it gets to flow…
“The real mission you have in life is to make yourself happy, and in order to be happy, you have to look at what you believe, the way you judge yourself, the way you victimize yourself.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz We are most often our own worst critic. We notice every fault, every mistake, every…
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~ Anais Nin You know it’s true. Instead of following your heart and pursuing your dreams you think of all the reasons why you can’t. You box yourself into the sphere of what you’re familiar with, despite its negatives. But since your dreams are your creation,…
“I stand willingly in the way of storms, that all my dead leaves may swirl away and be lost.” ~ Ruth St. Denis Just as the trees lose their leaves, snakes shed their skin, and we lose our baby teeth, all growth requires change to break free of current limitations. Of course, while in the…
“What’s happening is merely what’s happening. How you feel about it is another matter.” ~ Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God It’s your thoughts and judgments, my friend, not the event, that determine how you feel. Two different people may experience the exact same event and to one it may be no big deal while…
“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.” ~ Voltaire You can decide to be happy or you can decide to be sad, my friend. The choice is yours. Just know, when you make a decision you set life into motion. And just to be clear, a good mood begets…