Whenever we feel lost, or insane, or afraid, all we have to do is ask for His help. The help might not come in the form we expected, or even thought we desired, but it will come, and we will recognize it by how we feel. In spite of everything, we will feel at peace.
In the Holy Relationship, it’s understood that we all have unhealed places, and that healing is the purpose of our being with another person. We don’t hide our weaknesses, but rather we understand that the relationship is a context for healing through mutual forgiveness.
David stood up and said: Sorry Lichtenstein, but I am not here to change the world. I am changing the world because I am here.
It’s like avoidance behavior in therapy – wanting to share the gossip but not wanting to deal with the real, more painful issues. Of course we want to avoid the pain. But by doing so, we inevitably cause more of it.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.
No one is any more or any less important than you are.
People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.
Karma means that all actions have consequences. Grace means that in a moment of atonement -taking responsibility, making amends, asking for forgiveness – all karma is burned.
We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.
Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others.
If you know what changes a heart, you know what changes the world.
Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.
When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.