"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." -Ralph Waldo Emerson How do you know when you should quit your job and change your life? Do you wake up every day miserable and wanting a new life? Do you come home exhausted and have little energy for anything you actually enjoy doing? Do you wish you could snap your fingers and suddenly everything would be different? If so, I understand. I [...]
Eckhart Tolle has some powerful messages if you care to listen. I'm someone who suffers from a low grade constant anxiety and sometimes depression will creep in so I have to work really hard not to slip into the abyss of self-deprecation and rumination. There is so much wisdom in his writings. Through his teachings, among others, I have learned to train my mind to bring itself back to the present as often as possible. [...]
"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty." Mother Teresa" Do you ever wonder why you always feel alone and how to stop feeling that way? Do you ever wonder why? I know I do. Sometimes I think I have felt alone my entire life. I felt alone as a child and in my relationships. I felt alone when I was alone and when I was with people. Do you wonder if [...]
"Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows." - Pope Paul V The difference between a Truth and a Belief: A belief is: an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists. A truth is: [...]
"Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface." - Wayne Dyer Can you barely get out of bed in the morning? Do you dread the idea of going anywhere? Are your days spent crying spontaneously? Do you lie on the couch and zone out to reruns of Law & Order? Or, perhaps you can function through the day but feel like you are [...]
“But no matter how much evil I see, I think it’s important for everyone to understand that there is much more light than darkness.” ― Robert Uttaro, To the Survivors The truth about sexual abuse is that it changes who you are and who you were meant to be. It robs you of your faith in others and your beliefs about yourself. The truth about sexual abuse is that it taints your interpretation of your [...]
"Life is either a great adventure or nothing." - Helen Keller What is the meaning of life? For many of us the meaning of life involves marriage, a house, a job, two kids and a dog. But what about those of us who derive our meaning from something else, but we aren’t exactly sure yet what that something is. What do yo you do when you feel so alone? Today I walked to Starbucks to [...]
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"The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual." - George Saunders Every day we wake up is a new day. We can choose how we want to spend our day and how we want to feel about the events that occur. Why [...]
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition." - Steve Jobs For more than forty years I kept quiet. I allowed every man in my life feel okay with [...]
