But beauty itself is not given to us by anyone; it is a power we have within us from the gate, a radiance inside us.
The key to intimacy is the commitment to honesty and to the radical forgiveness necessary in order for honesty to be safe.
Anytime you try to be a loving person, you’re doing your part to save the world.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification.
We can’t look to the world to restore our worth; we’re here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has.
Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we’ve seen it up close.
Beyond drama and chaos, beyond anxiety and fear, lies a zone of endless peace and love. Let’s all take a very deep breath, slow down for just a moment and remember this. That alone will open the door...
If we never take a risk, we’ll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.
Fear is trusting in your own power.
Even though modern life in many ways is nothing short of exhausting, we need to take responsibility for what is necessary to combat the stress and exhaustion of modern life.
Love is not neutral. It takes a stand. It is a commitment to the attainment of the conditions of peace for everyone involved in a situation.
Beauty is an internal light, a spiritual radiance that all women have, but most women hide – unconsciously denying its existence. What we do not claim, remains invisible.
A hero is someone who stands in the community and speaks their hopes and speaks their passion. That’s almost an act of heroism nowadays because higher consciousness is so trivialized.
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
We arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn’t really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.
Whatever situation you’re in: Send love, place it in God’s hands, open your heart to everyone involved – and it will turn out miraculously.
Love is a hero’s journey, and the hero’s journey is a noble but difficult path.
When the wisdom of the heart replaces the chatter of the mind, The power of Love flows forth.
We tend to have tremendous faith in the power of our disasters and far too little faith in the power of miracles.
We were born with a natural tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and flourishing, and we knew how to use them. We were connected to a richer world, a world full of enchantment and a sense of the miraculous. What happened?