"The route to self-love and healing is never-ending, and it demands regular attention. There will be moments of doubt and disappointments, but each stride forward demonstrates your will and tenacity. Celebrate these modest achievements, and remember that you are worthy of all the love and happiness the world has to offer." - Unknown
Tag: self-worth
Worthy
"You are worthy now. Not when you get that job, not when you lose twenty pounds, not when people know who you are. Now . . . simply because you exist." ~ Unknown
Being Me
I'm making a declaration. This doesn't mean I'll stick by it, but I certainly feel ready to do so. Almost two years ago I wrote how I was told I wade in deep waters. In a nutshell, the person went on to make it sound like my conversation is too deep for many people and… Continue reading Being Me
Can’t be Replicated
Be Yourself
You can have all the power and the riches in the world. People can appreciate you and look up to you. But none of that satisfies if you know this is not who you really are. In the end, you will give all of this up, just to have a chance to know and to… Continue reading Be Yourself
Cloak
Your innocence lies beneath the cloak of your guilt. Take that cloak off and your original innocence survives intact. We all believe the lies we're told. But once we stop believing them, truth meets us face to face. Spiritual practice is not about getting something we don't have. It is about removing what is not… Continue reading Cloak
If Someone Told You
What if things aren’t what they seem? What if you're powerful beyond measure? Would you believe if you were told, that your soul is your treasure? What if someone told you, when you clear away the muck, and renew your outlook, you’d be blessed beyond luck? What if someone told you, your own power you… Continue reading If Someone Told You
Fight the Good Fight
"Life may stun us and throw us off course. It may wound us or beat us down. It may undermine the ground under our feet . . . but we must fight the good fight. We must cling to our innocence and self-worth. We must remember again and again that we deserve acceptance and love,… Continue reading Fight the Good Fight
Friday Philosophy
"Your suffering is your responsibility, not anyone else's. When you accept responsibility for the contents of your consciousness, you take back your power. You become able to learn and grow. You become capable of transforming your relationship with yourself and your world." ~ Paul Ferrini, Answering the Call of the Soul This is… Continue reading Friday Philosophy
“In the Wings”
"A high school student asked me, 'What was the greatest event in American history?' I can't say. However, I suspect that like so many 'great' events, it was something very simple and very quiet with little or no fanfare (such as someone forgiving someone else for a deep hurt that eventually changed the course of… Continue reading “In the Wings”
Rare and Valuable
"As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has--or ever will have--something inside that is unique to all time. It's our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and… Continue reading Rare and Valuable
Your Importance
"If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person." ~ The World According to Mister Rogers.
Doubts, Fears
"Life is made up of goodness assaulted by doubt and fear. How many times during the course of a day do doubt and fear challenge your perception of your goodness? How many times do they challenge your perception of your neighbor...? Consciously acknowledge your doubts and fears instead of projecting them... Then, you will… Continue reading Doubts, Fears
Friday Philosophy
"Some days, doing the best we can may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn't perfect - on any front - and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else." ~ Fred Rogers
Truth About You
When you contact the truth about you, you recognize that a great deal that you have come to accept about you is false. You are not better or worse than others. You are not stupid or brilliant, or handsome, or ugly. Those are just judgments someone made that you accepted. None of them are true.… Continue reading Truth About You
Incalculable Value
"Of course it's true, everyone's born with a gift. One that will allow them to fill a special place in the Universe that absolutely no one else can fill. A blessing that makes all other blessings pale in comparison. A gift of incalculable value to the entire world when it's uncovered, explored, and embraced." ~… Continue reading Incalculable Value
What Never Dies?
"How can you lose something you're still capable of giving? How can you fail if you haven't stopped trying? And how can you miss as long as you're still aiming?" ~ Mike Dooley, The Complete Notes from the Universe. This was going to be one of my Friday quotes where I don't give commentary. Since… Continue reading What Never Dies?
Nothing is Broken
You think that somewhere along the line something in you got broken, or that you are missing some parts. But you have no missing or broken parts. All of your wholeness is fully present right now. ~ Paul Ferrini, I Am The Door
Is Thirty-Seven the Magic Number?
At my wedding reception in the (ahem) 80s, I remember telling someone, "When we are on our fifteen-year anniversary it'll be the year 2000!" Since it was my wedding day, and we were only married for a couple of hours, fifteen years seemed like an eternity. And we'd be old! The turn of the century… Continue reading Is Thirty-Seven the Magic Number?
The Tempter
Don’t be surprised if the person you accept as an authority figure in your life becomes controlling or abusive. By accepting an outside authority, you give your power away. Don’t accept anyone else’s authority over you and don’t accept authority over anyone else. Claim your freedom and offer freedom to others. When someone makes you… Continue reading The Tempter
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