I am happiest when I clear my mind and allow the world around me to reteach me what I thought I already knew.
Inspiration is a spark. It is nothing unless we use it to build a fire.
To teach someone a lesson, show them how it’s done. Force is a temporary solution. Judgment is no solution at all.
Each person you admire is simply a reminder of your own latent excellence, your own unacknowledged beauty.
To be hurt is, sometimes, a lucky thing – a fortunate interruption along a road that otherwise may have ended in blindly hurting others. When we heal from being hurt by a person, we realize the importance of not hurting people. Perhaps it is not the most fun way to learn this lesson, but it is a method of life’s teachings nonetheless.
We are all searching for love, some at the bottom of a bottle, some at the casino, some in the eyes of a new lover. The more we search outside ourselves, we more desperate we become. We suffer not because love’s unavailable, but because we are not looking in the right place.
Worth is not something you can buy for $39.99, nor something you can lose with 10 extra pounds. Self-judging people make good consumers. Start a revolution. Love yourself.
We do not need to erase our assumptions, prejudices, or biases. We must simply learn to expand our awareness beyond them.
Who was I fooling, telling my heart to quiet its beautiful song so I could march in the parade of conformity? My biggest fool was me.
You cannot control the emotions, thoughts, or memories that torment you, but you can control how you choose to respond to them.
Before we can influence the inner conversation, we must first drift to the sidelines and watch it for a little while.
We label to help us understand reality better. Yet reality remains undivided. Even.
Letting go of who you’re supposed to be and discovering who you really are is a journey of many experiences, but certainty is not one of them. No matter how long you wait, it’ll never feel safe enough. Plunge in anyway.
He who believes in soul mates never ceases to doubt if his current partner is, truly, “The One.” As a result, the great irony emerges: those who believe in soul mates are much less likely to actually find one.
We don’t heal through objectification. We heal through understanding.
Before label yourself and before you decide that there is something irreparably wrong with your thoughts or emotions, ask yourself: “Do I have a caring, unconditionally loving best friend in myself?” If the answer is “No,” then you will not find the solution to your suffering until you address this serious, life-threatening absence of self-compassion. Self-love is not a dinner mint. Self-love matters. Self-love saves lives.
Being passive is not the same as being peaceful. If you aren’t doing what you know, in your heart, you want to do, you are NOT going with the flow. You are going against the flow. Your reactions, emotions, desires, and talents are all part of the flow of life. Ignoring them is passive resistance. Let yourself go.
To liberate yourself from your own self-judgment is to liberate others from it as well. To love yourself is an act of love for the world.
The road is long in every direction. Whether you follow someone else’s footsteps or blaze your own trail, the road is still long. Walk the one that is howling for you. Go now. It is never too late. Even if you must turn around and go back the way you came, you cannot go backwards. The path will not look the same walking north as it did walking south. You will not be the same person facing the sunset as you were turning your back to it. Go now. Find your magic. Live. Rise.
Whether we are becoming more anxious or more loving, everything takes practice, and everything starts with one thought.