Criticism does not make you smarter or better than the one you are criticizing. In fact, the stuff you are critical of in others is the same stuff you don’t like about yourself.
IYANLA VANZANTBefore you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren’t.
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If you really want to live your life to the fullest and realize your greatest potential, you must be willing to run the risk of making some people mad. People may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!
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Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.
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Their issues are not your issues.
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You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.
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Be patient when it seems things are not going right and may never be right again. Accept that what is yours will come to you in the right way at just the right moment.
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When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.
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With all things in life, we do not get what we ask for, we get what we expect.
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When you can tell the story and it doesn’t bring up any pain, you know it is healed.
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You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
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Speak and live in simple sentences. Bring closure- put a period to- those experiences that you don’t want to carry on forever and ever. Use commas in those places where you’re still growing and use exclamation points at the end of every lesson.
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Education does not take place when you learn something you did not know before. Education is your ability to use what you have learned to be better today than you were yesterday.
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When you’re the strong one, people don’t give you permission to hurt.
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Life will let you get away with something for a while, but sooner or later, you will pay the price. Everything you do in life causes the effects that you experience. When you get the bill, be prepared to pay.
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When was the last time you thanked you for always being there for you? Self appreciation soothes an aching soul.
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No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don’t worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever.
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