We may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
BYRON KATIEWhen you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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That’s where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
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The last story: God is everything, God is good.
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Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
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It’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
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We cannot see what we don’t believe.
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Thinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
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I didn’t fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.
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The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it. It’s just easier if you do.
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No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.
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There’s no nightmare you can’t wake yourself up from.
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Any stressful thought that you have about the planet, for example, shows you where you are stuck, where your energy is being exhausted in not fully meeting life as it is, without conditions.
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Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.
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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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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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