You never put her in your heart.
Their issues are not your issues.
What is it that would make a creature as fierce, majestic and powerful as a lion is, subject itself to the intimidation of a man a whip and a chair? The lion has been taught to forget what it is.
Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing something else, not knowing how to do something or not needing to do something.
One way to eliminate self negating thoughts and behavior is by gaining more understanding through realizing that you cannot force others to see that what you feel is real.
When you believe, or are led to believe, you are unable to act upon the greatest desires of the soul, the result is mental and spiritual enslavement.
Always remember who you are. Know that you are never required to apologize to anyone for being yourself.
People may not like what you do, people may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!
I have a body, but I am not my body. I have a face, but I am not my face.
You are not being tested! You are being fortified! Remember, you cannot fail!
I’m okay, you’re okay. Now let’s go to work.
As we learn to see each other through our spiritual eyes, the physical differences will cease to matter.
There are going to be moments today you don’t like me. You’ll get over it.
We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem.
Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt or angry. Holding on to pain, anger, guilt or shame is the glue that binds us to the situation we want to escape.
It is not what you hear, it is where you listen from within yourself that gives meaning to the message.
Regardless of how hard, challenging, frightening, or difficult an experience may seem, everything is just as it needs to be in order for us to heal, grow, and learn.
When you are in alignment with the desires of your heart, things have a way of working out.
From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.
To me, freedom means having the power, the inherent right, the capacity and the ability to make choices that honour who I am.