Their issues are not your issues.
IYANLA VANZANTTheir issues are not your issues.
IYANLA VANZANTMost of us know exactly what it is that creates the pain, confusion, stagnation and disruption in our lives. When we find something or someone creating in our lives that which we do not want, we must muster the courage and strength to stop it.
IYANLA VANZANTChange doesn’t have to be hard, and healing doesn’t have to hurt. Surely by now you know that every thing happens for a reason! There is something better awaiting you on the other side of this.
IYANLA VANZANTGive yourself permission to smile a lot today. In fact, why not make it a habit!
IYANLA VANZANTLove people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it.
IYANLA VANZANTBe patient when it seems things are not going right and may never be right again. Accept that what is yours will come to you in the right way at just the right moment.
IYANLA VANZANTWhen your life is working there will be an absence of drama.
IYANLA VANZANTWhen you’re the strong one, people don’t give you permission to hurt.
IYANLA VANZANTIf you don’t ask for what you need, the need will keep getting bigger.
IYANLA VANZANTIf you really want to live your life to the fullest and realize your greatest potential, you must be willing to run the risk of making some people mad. People may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!
IYANLA VANZANTCriticism does not make you smarter or better than the one you are criticizing. In fact, the stuff you are critical of in others is the same stuff you don’t like about yourself.
IYANLA VANZANTDon’t get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it’s your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways.
IYANLA VANZANTIt is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.
IYANLA VANZANTIt takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn’t mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control.
IYANLA VANZANTAcceptance means that you know, regardless of what happened, that there is something bigger than you at work. It also means you know that you are okay and that you will continue to be okay.
IYANLA VANZANTMany of us have a need to be right. We then set out to make ourselves right by making someone else wrong. We must get right with ourselves. Once we do, we will have so much to do, we will not have time to keep track of who is wrong.
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