Your pain needs to be recognized and acknowledged. It needs to be acknowledged and then released. Avoiding pain is the same as denying it. ~ Yong Kang Chan Most of the population walk with unhealed wounds, carrying these pains, even though we have long forgotten where they came from. They could have begun in early childhood or arrived with unexpected life changes or crises as adults. Through this lens…
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If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. – Lao Tzu When we concentrate on anything, we use energy, and although energy is infinite, it can be dispersed in ways that feel like we are running out of it. We give life to whatever we put…
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“When things aren’t adding up in your life, start subtracting.” ~ Anonymous We are conditioned to add to our lives. The first trimester of life is about the acquisition of stuff, materially, mentally, and emotionally. Initially, we go to school from our family unit to fill our minds with information. We listen to friends about what to believe and are molded on how to be. We are guided to want…
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Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing. ~Eckhart Tolle If given our way, most people stay where they are. We accept ourselves to be how we have always been,…
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“It’s supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it.” ~ Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own How we experience life is within how we perceive things. We can find opportunity and joy or sit within misery and turmoil. Those choices come from our ability to flow, adapt, and evolve, which requires an openness to change. Yet, when faced with an unfamiliar choice or the…
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart. -Helen Keller Pondering one of life’s big questions, I polled among friends, asking What makes a great life? While waiting for answers to return, I read a Harvard research paper that followed hundreds of men over a lifetime. Granted, they only interviewed men, so if it…
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You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. ~ Rocky Balboa There are many unknowns in life, and getting sucker punched is one. Getting sucker-punched is when we get hit without seeing it coming,…
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Becoming limitless involves mental agility; the ability to quickly grasp and incorporate new ideas and concepts with confidence. ― Lorii Myers Whether physically or mentally, the quality of bending easily without breaking is the strength that comes from flexibility. When we think of flexibility or agility, it is not always alongside our ideas of strength. Yet, it may be an essential element that comprises it. With this ability comes the capacity…
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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. ~Francis of Assisi I posted a quote on Social Media, “Decide what kind of life you want… And then say no to everything that isn’t that.” The comments were varied, as would be expected for a post. However, the ones that stood out to me were the naysayers. “Easier said than done.”, “Sure, in…
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The more conformist the culture, the more taboo “no” becomes. ~Martha Beck A taboo is something we have been taught is wrong. It can be because of religious or social customs and prohibits a particular practice or association with a person, place, or thing. Taboos are often initiated by those limited by fear and dis-ease, which contributes to creating these constraints. Alan Watts aptly sums it up; There is always…
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