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.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZWe [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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Find the courage to break those agreements that are fear-based and claim your personal power.
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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.
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Do not let great ambitions overshadow small success.
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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 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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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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Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.
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If there is anything in your life that takes away your happiness, you have all the power you need to change it.
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Also, go inside and listen to your body, because your body will never lie to you. Your mind will play tricks, but the way you feel in your heart, in your guts, is the truth.
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The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.
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We learn to be right and to make everyone else wrong. The need to be right is the result of trying to protects the image we want to project to the outside. We have to impose our way of thinking, not just onto other humans, but even upon ourselves.
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Life is very, very simple and easy to understand, but we complicate it with the beliefs and ideas that we create.
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God, the supreme artist, uses our life for the creation of art. We are the instruments through which the force of life expresses itself.
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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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Take your faith out of the lies! Free your faith, and you will see how powerful you become.
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