"Everytime I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better." - Dr. Steve Maraboli When we look back over the journey of our life, it is perhaps easier to see how a rejection of something we wanted at the time, led us to something even better than […]
"Sometimes you can pressure people into changing, you can force them, but the powers-that-be have more force than we do. I don't think we are going to win in a contest of force. I think we need to induce a change of heart..We have to create the conditions where people feel safe to feel, and […]
"At midlife, the part of ourselves that we have known, the caterpillar, is disintegrating..The emergence of the butterfly requires, absolutely demands, the sacrifice of the caterpillar..The word sacrifice..means the forfeiting of something of importance in the service of receiving something of even greater value. The word literally means 'to make holy.'." - Kathleen A. Brehony […]
"The real you, like the rose itself, is naturally and unself-consciously beautiful. And the world is more beautiful because of it. A spiritual practice is the bridge back to you and the real world. Through prayer, meditation, forgiveness and compassion, you make conscious contact with your spiritual self, your most beautiful self, and hasten the […]
"Self-betrayal is allowing fear to overrule the still, small voice of truth." - Glennon Doyle There are many ways in which we betray ourselves out of fear: not sticking to life goals, not speaking our truth, not doing the work we love, staying in relationships that are not right for us, being loyal to others […]
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it, and embrace them.." - Rumi Giving & receiving Love in our lives is the basis of everything: When the river of Love is blocked, we are unable to experience joy, […]
