In the pursuit of Knowledge, every day something is added. In the practice of the Way, every day something is dropped. Less and less do you need to force things, until finally you arrive at non-action. When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
From a place of stillness, openness, forgiveness and acceptance you can renew your commitment to any eating plan you like.
If you’re a bit spongy, vulnerable to the unsettling energy of others, count yourself lucky. You’ve been given an incentive to armor up, to consciously screen out the ubiquitous stresses that afflict humanity.
I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you may be in grief. But you’re here, you’re surviving; this moment is okay.
Imagine the choices you’d make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval.
Don’t worry that you’ve wasted time. Each moment – no matter how frozen or confused – was a useful and necessary lesson.
It’s only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power.
Your life follows your attention. Wherever you look, you end up going.
A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom for a thousand other hearts.
If you find yourself getting nervous stop and relax for three full breaths. Then take one small step, then another. That is how people get to the top of Everest.
If we’re stuck with having expectations, there’s a very good reason to embrace positive ones: it’s that we often create what we anticipate.
The past doesn’t exist except as a memory, a mental story, and though past events aren’t changeable, your stories about them are. You can act now to transform the way you tell the story of your past, ultimately making it a stalwart protector of your future.
Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.
Conflict in close relationships is not only inevitable, it’s essential. Intimacy connects people who are inevitably different.
Truth itself is something you live, not something you think.
Tiny steps will get you to your goal months and months sooner. A little is better than a lot.
I’m not saying we have power over everything in our lives – if that were true, my hair would look so, so different – but I am saying that there’s no circumstance in which we are completely powerless.
Be brave enough to turn away from shiny objects, and toward the light that makes them shine.
Heading towards that inner home will take you places-both inside yourself and in the external world-which your heart will recognize as its native environment, even though you have never been there before.
Peace is more than just a feeling. It’s the mental and physical frequency where you’ll find all your real power.