Stay Away

Stay away from what might have been and look at what will be. Marsha Petrie Sue

Appearances

The appearance of things change according to the emotions, and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. Kahlil Gibran

Mission

Your soul mission is your reason for being, your life purpose. It's your calling in life--who you feel called to be, what you feel called to do. Mission is an energy that flows through you--a drive, voice, or passion that you cannot ignore... It's what you know in your heart you must live if you are to experience inner peace and harmony. Alan Seale

Anguish

The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.

Beyond

Go beyond your little world and find the grandeur of God's world. Rumi 

Change Inside

If we change inside and disarm ourselves by dealing constructively with negative thoughts and emotions, we can literally change the world. Dalai Lama

Blessings

I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess. Dale Carnegie

Acceptance

What could you not accept if you but knew that everything that happens, all events, past, present and to come, are gently planned by one whose only purpose is your good? Course in Miracles

Choices

Until we realize we have a choice about the way we respond, our emotional well being is entirely dependent on what someone else does. Unknown

Attention

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. Thich Nhat Hanh

Crossing

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it. Sri Nisargadatta

Growing

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler - quieter, warmer. Dag Hammarskjold

Risk

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. Dalai Lama

Happiness

Life is not always what one wants it to be, but to make the best of it as it is, is the only way of being happy. Jennie Jerome Churchill

Discipline

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline, the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. Abraham Heschel

Soul Apart

To know our soul apart from our ego is the first step in accomplishing supreme deliverance. R. Tagore

Looking

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside awakes. Carl Gustav Jung

Healing Words

Learn to speak gently and lovingly, not only to human beings but also to animals, flowers, birds, trees and the whole of nature, for this is a divine habit. He who knows how to utter words that inspire and vivify possesses a magic wand in his mouth, and his words will never be spoken in vain... Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov 

Open

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a songbird will come. Chinese proverb

The Mind Machine

The ordinary mind, being a machine, has but one function: it creates and then goes about attempting to solve problems. It enjoys this game and will continue to play it as long as you allow it to do so, your entire life if it can. It is not concerned that you are suffering in many areas because of its games. You will come to understand through the meditation techniques that you are not your ordinary mind and that it has not nearly the importance which we attach to it. Richard Hittleman

Doing

How you do anything is how you do everything. Zen saying

Recall

Not only can I not recall my experiences in my previous lives, sometimes I can't even remember what I did yesterday. Dalai Lama

Enthusiasm

Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips, and supple knees. It is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions. It is freshness of the deep springs of life. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Swami Bua, Age 110

Blaming

The blaming and not taking responsibility keeps a person in the role of victim. When we accept the difficult message that our feelings are ours to deal with and no one else's, self improvement begins. We begin to walk the difficult but self-respecting path of spiritual awakening. We can do something about whatever hurts.

Love

Be warmed with love, for only love exists. Where is intimacy except in giving and receiving? Rumi 

Lashing Out

We often lash out when hurting by saying hurtful things to others and, more often, to ourselves.

Puzzles

Fret not your souls with puzzles you cannot solve.

Moving On

I am going to move on. The change that is needed for me to heal will come from within me. I will not put my happiness in another’s hands.