"Often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it's so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the person just to let the feelings out, and then at another time come back with advice or comments, that person would experience a deeper healing."
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"What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction"
"What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe."
"In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than yourself."
"You become what you believe - not what you wish or want but what you truly believe. Wherever you are in life, look at your beliefs. They put you there."
"Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death...Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph."
"Have the courage to follow your passion - and if you don't know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it."
"We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to figure out your function-your part in the whole-as soon as possible, and then get about the business of fulfilling it as only you can."
"All my life I have always known I was born to greatness."
"It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures."
"I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky."
"To love yourself is a never-ending journey."
"My first deepening of spirituality came when I was 6, when I was moved from my grandmother and sent to live with my mother - whom I really did not know - who had moved to Milwaukee. Something inside myself knew that I was never going to see my grandmother again - I would be wasting my time to live in that space of wanting that."
"You are what you are by what you BELIEVE!"
"I don't want anyone who doesn't want me."
"Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create."
"Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it."
"Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart and success will come to you."
"Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life’s blessings."
"Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed"