Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don’t respect you. They consider that you’re not a good artist who can write your own story, even though you were born to write your own story.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZNobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves.
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Perhaps you’re not finished with your story, and who knows if you’ll ever finish it or not. Honestly, it’s not that important.
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For me personally, I don’t pray using words – it is just with my intent. Why do I need to pray with “words,” to something external, when I know what I want?
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When we really see other people as they are without taking it personally, we can never be hurt by what they say or do.
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I don’t take anything personally. I am a secondary character in other people’s stories. I know that whatever people say about me is just a projection of their image of me. It has nothing to do with me.
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…What you are is a force–a force that makes it possible for your body to live, a force that makes it possible for your whole mind to dream…You are life
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The best path to happiness is learning to change as rapidly as life does.
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Today, imagine all the love flowing from your heart to all the people who need your love.
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The only reason you are happy is because you choose to be happy. Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering.
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We [people] love ourselves with conditions. We need opinions, we need approval, we create an image of ourselves that is not what we are. This how we lose our authenticity and create masks – how we become “domesticated.”
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The way you react has been repeated thousands of times, and it has become a routine for you. You are conditioned to be a certain way. And that is the challenge: to change your normal reactions, to change your routine, to take a risk and make different choices.
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When we get into a relationship of any kind, it is because we want to share, we want to enjoy, we want to have fun, we don’t want to be bored. If we look for a partner, it is because we want to play, we want to be happy and enjoy what we are.
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The best way to say, “I love you, God,” is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, “Thank you, God,” is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now.
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We only see what we want to see, and hear what we want to hear
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I can say, ‘Well, I’m a male. I’m a male human. I’m a medical doctor. I’m an author…’ If I go to a religious point of view, I will say, ‘I am a soul. I am a spirit.’ If I go into science, I will say, ‘I am energy. I am light.’ But the truth is I have no idea what I am.
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You go against yourself when you judge or blame yourself for anything
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