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We can’t fight darkness with darkness. We have to find compassion, and embrace the darkness inside of us in order to understand it and, ultimately, to transcend it.

Debbie Ford

The shadow is not a problem to be solved or an enemy to be conquered, but a fertile field to be cultivated. When we dig our hands into its rich soil we will discover the potent seeds of the people we most desire to be.
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Cultivation Desire Ourselves Problem Shadow Solve
Standing in our power requires us to let go of the need to make others like us & instead stand committed to honoring ourselves.
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Commitment Let Go Power Stand
A courageous warrior knows that she is powerfully sourced by something much greater than herself and that she can release the judgments of others.
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Courage Greatness Herself Judgement Power Warrior
Embracing our dark side gives us a new found freedom to be with the darkness in others. For when I can love all of me, I will love all of you.
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Darkness Embrace Freedom Love Philosophy Yourself
Many of us don’t realize that we have a choice about which aspect of ourselves we will use as the foundation upon which we build our lives.
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Aspect Build Choice Foundation Live Ourselves Realization
Now is the time to take back your energy, your power, and your peace.
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Energy Peace Power Time Yourself
We must be willing to take an honest look at ourselves and step out beyond our judgmental mind. It is here that we will have a life-altering shift in perception, an opening of our heart.
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Beyond Heart Honesty Judgement Open Ourselves Willing
You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the world needs.
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Chain Light Modesty Need Ourselves World
You must go into the dark in order to bring forth your light.
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Darkness Light Order Yourself
Challenge the person you think you are in order to unveil the person you are capable of becoming
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Capability Challenge Order Person Thinking Yourself
In order to access a warrior’s courage, we must explore why we are so committed to our story and what we are afraid will happen if we give it up.
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Afraid Change Exploration Give Up Order Warrior
To get to this place of a warrior’s courage, we must give up the stories that have ruled our lives and shatter the self-image we created to affirm our story.
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Courage Image Live Ourselves Place Story Warrior
When you make peace with yourself, the world will mirror back that same level of peace.
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Level Mirror Peace Would Yourself
The “we” of your divine birthright – the one that is aware of its place as part of the collective whole – knows that it is your sacred obligation to shine your brightest light, not just in your moments of glory but each day.
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Aware Bright Collection Divine Moments Spiritual Yourself
All real change requires risk. You must take risks every day of your life. You must get up each morning and ask…: What can I do that is different?
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Change Different Morning Reality Risk Yourself
Like the lotus flower that is born out of mud, we must honor the darkest parts of ourselves and the most painful of our life’s experiences, because they are what allow us to birth our most beautiful self.
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Beautiful Born Experience Flower Honor Life Ourselves Respect

We can’t fight darkness with darkness. We have to find compassion, and embrace the darkness inside of us in order to understand it and, ultimately, to transcend it.

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We can’t fight darkness with darkness. We have to find compassion, and embrace the darkness inside of us in order to understand it and, ultimately, to transcend it.

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