“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Yesterday is behind you. It served its purpose, my friend, harvest the good from it and let the rest go. Look forward to today and let it be a whole new beginning. Trust that your new strength and thoughts are there to…
“Living with integrity means: “Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe,…
“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…
“You can never outperform your own self-image.” ~ Mary Morrissey Do you realize that the circumstances of your life are a reflection of your self-image? What are the predominant thoughts that you think about yourself day in and day out? Have you ever asked yourself that? I ask because most of the time we have…
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ~ William Shakespeare We think, we label, we decide, we define, and thereby we create. Have you noticed the connection? Have you studied which is the actual cause and which the effect? It may not be as you first might think, my friend.…
“When anything comes into awareness, it proceeds from the depths to the surface, from seed to plant. What universe is waiting to be born in your heart?” ~ Neil Douglas-Klotz, The Sufi Book of Life You’ll have to go within, my friend, in a quiet moment, to find the seed waiting to be nurtured. It’s most…
“You can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are.” ~ Joyce Meyer You know why we so often choose to stick with the status quo even when we don’t like it? Because at least we know what it’s like and therefore what to expect. Change can be scary. Ain’t no…
“If you contemplate the Golden Rule, it turns out to be an injunction to live by grace rather than by what you think other people deserve.” ~ Deepak Chopra Can you do that, my friend? Are you willing to give it a try? Can you work on catching yourself in the act of judging, being…
“The outer world of circumstances shapes itself to the inner world of thought, and both pleasant and unpleasant external conditions are factors which make for the ultimate good of the individual. As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both by suffering and bliss.” ~ James Allen, As a Man Thinketh Sometimes it’s those hard-knock…
“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” ~ Indira Gandhi When you watch champion athletes at peak performance you can’t help but notice their single pointed focus on only what they’re doing in the present moment. In a state of heightened awareness, only accessible…