“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” ~ Chinese Proverb Which one of these two energies is running your life, my friend? What do you feel more often, tension or relaxation? Why not relax and accept who you are? I’ll bet everything will go more smoothly if only you…
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” ~ Marcus Aurelius While you can’t control outside events, my friend, you can control how you respond to them. So often our immediate impulse is to judge something as wrong or bad. But that first impression is coming…
“Jesus suggested that we bless our enemies. I interpret this as deliberately changing my negative patterns, which I have built through this law of attention, into creative positive patterns that will produce what I really want. I take my present fears and change them into new areas of faith and expectancy of good. I take…
“What is a depression? It’s part of a wave. A wave is one-half depression and one-half crest. If you want to cause a wave on a tranquil sheet of water, just throw something in. When something falls in, it creates a depression first. Adjoining the depression, a crest of water is formed. The crest is…
“Our tendency is to believe that while things are not going well outside of us, everything is just fine within ourselves. That’s an idea we need to examine… We should not think the problem lies outside us. We have accumulations of suffering and conflict within us. We have a war going on inside.” ~ Thich…
“We must practice separating ourselves from our negative moods and thoughts in the midst of all the troubles and disasters of daily life. No one can be different from what he is now unless he begins to separate himself from his present reactions and to identify himself with his aim. Detachment from negative states and…
“The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.” ~ Julie Cameron Make it your top priority to find yourSelf, my friend. Be still and listen carefully. Determine what feels right to you, what feels best to you, what brings you joy. You are the…
“You never can tell what a thought will do In bringing you hate or love – For thoughts are things, and their airy wings Are swifter than carrier doves. They follow the law of the universe – Each thing creates its kind, And they speed O’er the track to bring you back Whatever went out…
“Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” ~ Joyce Meyer Everything boils down to attitude. How you feel, the response you receive, the results you get, they all reflect your attitude every step along the way. So, would you like to change your experience? If…
“Find a place inside where there’s joy and the joy will burn out the pain.” ~ Joseph Campbell Polar opposites are the two extremes of the same continuum: dark and light, hot and cold, rich and poor. When you’re experiencing one, you’re not experiencing the other, right? Learn how to work with them, my friend.…