“The only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.”

Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.

Life is a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself. The end of one physical incarnation is like the end of a chapter, on some level setting up the beginning of another.

We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.

When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.

Thought is cause: experience is effect. If you don’t like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking.

Your future isn’t programmed by your past; it’s programmed by your thoughts.

Your character defects are not where you’re bad, but where you’re wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it’s yours now and you’re responsible for it.

Consider the possibility of infinite possibility.

Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called “All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

For every person who might reject you if you live your truth, there are ten others who will embrace you and welcome you home.

Forgiveness is the choice to see people as they are now. When we’re mad at people, we’re angry because of something they said or did before this moment. By letting go of the past, we make room for miracles to replace our grievances.

Speak from your mind and people will hear you with their mind. Speak from your heart and people will hear you with their heart.

Part of forgiving people is releasing them from our own agendas.

A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.

Behind every fear, there is a miracle waiting.

You get to decide what energy you choose to download in any moment. No one but you gets to decide who you wish to be.

Build your skills, not your resume.

When in doubt, I choose love above any particular ideas offered to me about faith.

And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?

Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

The Internet is neither good nor bad. It’s neutral – it becomes for each of us exactly what we bring to it.

The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.”—Each New Day

I’m not big on faith rules, but if I had to choose one, it would be that every person must choose a faith issue upon which to hang her hat that requires her to change – not somebody else.