"To be a miracle worker you do not have to get a doctoral degree, become a minister, eat a particular food, or be able to meditate for long hours. All you need to do is to begin to see beauty in your life and those around you."
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"Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf."
"No matter what has happened, let today be new."
"Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation."
"Appreciation empowers not just money transactions, but all interactions. Gratitude is one of the greatest meditations of a lifetime, the fastest attitude uplifter I know. Be grateful for all the good in your life and your good will only increase, along with your happiness."
"Life is about movement, expansion, growth, and actualizing potential. If you stay in a home, relationship, or job beyond the time it is healthy for you, the universe will prod you with thorns as if to say, “It’s time to move to a broader domain.” If you do not heed the message, the thorns will get sharper and at some point you will have no choice but to fly. When you do, you will understand why a once comfortable situation became uncomfortable."
"Sometimes when things seem to be going wrong, they are going right for reasons you are yet to understand."
"You cannot judge what should bring others joy, and others cannot judge what should bring you joy."
"You are destined to become the peer of those you most respect because the greatness you perceive in them is your own."
"A life without change is not a life; it is a stagnant pool."
"Upgrade your past by seeing it with appreciation."
"The best way to lose weight is to know that you are light."
"The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence."
"The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth."
"We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for."
"There is no real security in what is no longer meaningful."
"Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want."
"The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good faster than good leads to truth. Ultimately truth is good, but you have to live it from the inside out."
"You are doing better than you think you are."
"All limits exist only in the mind, and it is only in the mind that they can be overcome."