Events

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."  - Maya Angelou

Our Thoughts

"We create our lives from our thoughts." - Madisyn Taylor

Bounty of Existence

"What you perceive as trouble is nothing more than a bit of interesting flavor in the endless perfect bounty of existence." - Ralph Marston

Time and Space

"Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out."

 

~Gautama Buddha

Game Worth Playing

"If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one." - Anthony J. D'Angelo

Don't Fit

“People who fit don’t seek. The seekers are those that don’t fit.” ― Shannon L. Alder

Be Easy on Yourself

"Be easy on yourself. Have fun. Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life the better. The minute anybody makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it." -Amy Poehler

Our Weaknesses

"Our weaknesses are divine gifts that when embraced will enable us to make our purposeful contribution to the whole, which is why we incarnated in the first place." - Andrew Schneider

A Spiritual Cause

Everything -- absolutely everything -- that happens in our lives has a spiritual cause. Mental, emotional and physical events are only effects.

When we are struggling with any challenge, whether it be ill health, a lack of money, a lost job, relationships, an accident, whatever -- we need to look for the spiritual learning. We can ask ourselves, "What quality does my soul want me to live more fully?"

- John Robson

Impossible Dream

"What you think of as an impossible dream might be reasonable if you thought differently." ~ Harry Palmer

Inner Dream

"Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult." ~ Julia Cameron

Lovely Days

“Lovely days don't come to you. You should walk to them.” - Rumi

Birds That Fly

"Laughing at all the haters out there! Take your evil tongue and eye and turn them into birds that fly! Don't waste precious time. Spend it on things you love."  -  Madonna

Go There

"If you can go there in your mind, in clear and compelling detail, you can go there in your life." - Ralph Marston

Your Journey

“Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don’t think that you’ve lost time.” - Asha Tyson

Presence

"If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence. The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future." - Eckhart Tolle

Kind-Sight

View your life with kind-sight. Stop beating yourself up about things from
your past. Instead of slapping your forehead and asking, 'What was I
thinking,' breathe and ask yourself the kinder question, 'What was I...
learning?' ~ Karen Salmansohn

Wounds

"We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other move through the many painful episodes of our lives. By remaining stuck in the power of our wounds, we block our own transformation. We overlook the greater gifts inherent in our wounds — the strength to overcome them and the lessons that we are meant to receive through them. Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise." - Caroline Myss

Change the Future

"What you do in the present will redeem the past and thereby change the future." - Paulo Coelho

Where There's Joy

“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” - Joseph Campbell

Orderly Lives

"When we have disorderly lives, it makes it difficult for our minds to be orderly and for us to be at ease with disorder."

 

~Joan Halifax Roshi

Will Be

“I am not a has-been. I am a will be.” ~ Lauren Bacall

Compassion

"We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival."

 

~Joan Halifax Roshi

Acceptance

"You must learn to outwardly trust, to accept others, to love others; but you must also trust, accept and love yourself. You must know that you are good enough for others to accept. Acceptance is freedom." - Deborah Livingston (Medium)  

Wherever We Go

“Wherever we go we do harm, forgiving
ourselves as wheels do cement for wearing
each other out. We set this house
on fire, forgetting that we live within.” ― Jim Harrison