Every stressful thought is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.
BYRON KATIEPut your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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I see the goodness and beauty in everyone, and everything is a gift given for me and for all of us. If you don’t love it, question your mind until you do.
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I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.
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You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected.
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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
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When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
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You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.
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For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.
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We may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
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Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn’t need to happen.
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Gratitude is what we are without a story.
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A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
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Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.
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If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.
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