When I look for happiness, I lose it. When I stop looking, and surrender to where I am, I find it.
BARBARA DE ANGELISIt is easy to be mindless in America, because dreaming of and living for a better tomorrow is the American way. … The problem is, in the second half of the twentieth century, we have gotten so good at living for tomorrow that most of us spend very little time in the present.
More Barbara De Angelis Quotes
-
-
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
Your passion is your true power. The more you discover and express your passion for life, the more irresistible you will become to others.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
Men aren’t the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they’ve been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, ‘I was always happy.’ Hopefully, we will be able to say, ‘I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.’
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better – all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
To succeed, you have to do something and be very bad at it for a while. You have to look bad before you can look really good.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
If you let your mind talk you out of things that aren’t logical, you’re going to have a very boring life. Because grace isn’t logical. Love isn’t logical. Miracles aren’t logical.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
May all that is not love within us and without be healed. May all that is love within us and without us be revealed. May every day of our lives be lived in love.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
No one betrays us as much in our lives as we betray ourselves.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS -
If you don’t develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won’t be any happier when you get more.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS