“The world mirrors yourself back to you. If you love, nourish, and appreciate yourself internally it will show up in your external life. If you want more love, give more love to yourself. If you want acceptance, accept yourself.” ~ Debbie Ford, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers Be gentle with yourself, my friend. Be…
“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor… Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful…
“Every person with an ideal faces the danger of being called a fool or madman. Every great cause must be ushered into the world by a small majority of persons often denounced as cracked brains or ridiculous zealots. Somebody said ‘Nobody can be genuinely in earnest without appearing eccentric in a world where intensity is…
“Emotions are the nexxus between matter and mind, going back and forth between the two and influencing both.” ~ Candace Pert Too often we discount our emotions, thinking it’s better to ignore them or stuff them away. But they’re there, and they’re real, and they’re not going to go away until we honor and address…
“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.” ~ James Allen, As a Man Thinketh Hidden in the brilliant formula…
“I wondered about the explorers who’d sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked falling over the edge; how amazed to discover, instead, places they had seen only in their dreams.” ~ Jodi Picoult This is what fear does to us, my friend. It paints…
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” ~ Marcus Aurelius At the heart of each of us is the spark of the divine, Spirit. Spirit is 100% pure goodness. When we are aligned with who we are as Spirit we feel good, we…
“Please remember that pleasing another is not the same as caring for another.” ~ Debbie Ford You know, my friend, it just may be that what someone else wants from you is ultimately not good for them. And what do you do when you understand that but they don’t? Saying “No” would not please them,…
“Life-force enters with the breath and leaves with the breath. This life-force is stored in the body. It is not the result of caloric intake through food. A stout person may obtain many calories from food without being able to utilize this in action. If the caloric theory alone were true, the stout would always…
“It all boils down to who is in charge of your consciousness. Is it the past? Is it society? Is it the environment? Or is it you?” “When I tell you to think deliberately, I am not addressing your mind, I am addressing you. The mind is a good tool and storage device, but on…