If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is I am not what you want me to be.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZYou can only be you when you do your best. When you don’t do your best you are denying yourself the right to be you. That’s a seed that you should really nurture in your mind.
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A sin is anything you do which goes against yourself
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The word is a force you cannot see, but you can see the manifestation of that force, the expression of the word, which is your own life.
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You were programmed to deliver a message, and the creation of that message is your greatest art. What is the message? Your life.
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The whole world can gossip about you, and if you don’t take it personally you are immune.
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Your reactions are the key to having a wonderful life.
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What we know and believe is just a program; it is nothing but words, opinions, and ideas we learn from others and from our own life experience.
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We are born perfect, and we will die perfect. The problem is that we create that character in our story that we pretend to be, or that we want to be, and we cannot hide that from ourselves. We know that we are pretending to be what we are not in the name of perfection.
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In our development, as we grow throughout our lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated, and we make it even more complicated because we make the assumption that what we believe is the absolute truth.
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The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.
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Society teaches us conditional love; i.e., “I love you if you are the way I want you to be.”
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Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.
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Children are born innocent. Before they are domesticated they live in the moment, love without fear, and don’t even think about the opinions of others.
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What has happened to the adult human?
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Find the courage to break those agreements that are fear-based and claim your personal power.
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We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.
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