We cannot give what we do not have: We cannot bring peace to the world if we ourselves are not peaceful. We cannot bring love to the world if we ourselves are not loving. Our true gift to ourselves and others lies not in what we have but in who we are.
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.
The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.
Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.
The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.
If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.
Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.
The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment.
When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter. As you see him, you will see yourself. As you treat him, you will treat yourself. As you think of him, you will think of yourself. Never forget this, for in him you will find yourself or lose yourself.
Whatever we focus on is bound to expand. Where we see the negative, we call forth more negative. And where we see the positive, we call forth more positive. Having loved and lost, I now love more passionately. Having won and lost, I now win more soberly. Having tasted the bitter, I now savor the sweet.
When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.
Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.
Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.
The universe is wired with the electricity of God, & each of us is a lamp. It doesn't matter the size or shape of the lamp; it only matters that the lamp is plugged in. With every prayer, every thought of forgiveness, every meditation, every act of love, we plug in. The more of us who plug in, to more the darkness of the world will be cast from our midst. Today, let's all increase love's wattage!
Whether we love, or close our hearts to love, is a mental choice we make, every moment of every day.
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
Everything we do is either an act of love or a cry for help.
If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you.
Our key to transforming anything lies in our ability to reframe it.
We were born with a natural tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and flourishing, and we knew how to use them. We were connected to a richer world, a world full of enchantment and a sense of the miraculous. What happened?
Love and fear represent two different lenses through which to view the world. Which I choose to use will determine what I think I see.
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