The sooner we accept the inevitable dilemma of not being able to win the approval of everyone we meet, the easier our lives will become.
Often a single act of kindness sets a series of kind acts in motion.
One of the cardinal rules of joyful living is that judging others takes a great deal of energy and, without exception, pulls you away from where you want to be.
Trust your intuitive heart. How often have you said to yourself, after the fact, “I knew I should have done that”? How often do you intuitively know something but allow yourself to think yourself out of it?
In a low state of mind, everything seems really bad and worse than it probably is.
It’s always a good idea to ask yourself, Where is this decision likely to lead? When you do, you can avoid many hassles and mistakes that are otherwise inevitable. By asking this simple question, you can keep your energy directed in areas that will serve you and others well.
You don’t need to change your core beliefs or your deepest held positions. All you’re doing is expanding your mind and opening your heart to new ideas.
When we’re busy making “other plans,” our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.
So many people spend so much of their life energy ‘sweating the small stuff’ that they completely lose touch with the magic and beauty of life.
Rather than diluting the positive feelings by telling others about your own kindness, by keeping it to yourself you get to retain all the positive feelings.
If you don’t want to “sweat the small stuff,” it’s critical that you choose your battles wisely.
If you do, there will come a day when you’ll rarely feel the need to do battle at all.
The next time you feel low, for whatever reason, remind yourself, “This too shall pass.” It will.
We cannot do great things on this earth. We can only do little things with great love.
The trick is to be grateful for our good moods and graceful in our low moods – not taking them too seriously.
He chuckles at all the people he knows who have taken out bank loans to travel to exotic places like Europe but who have never seen a single state park right here near home.
Rather than stumbling and fighting against their negative feelings, they are graceful in their acceptance of them.
So perhaps the best thing to do is simply be aware of how much venting is okay and how much is too much.
Admit that you’re wrong- or that you’ve made a mistake.
Humility and inner peace go hand in hand. The less compelled you are to try to prove yourself to others, the easier it is to feel peaceful inside.