When you don’t show up as who you are, people fall in love with who you’re not. Then when they find out who you are, that’s when they leave.
IYANLA VANZANTListen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.
More Iyanla Vanzant Quotes
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It’s important that we share our experiences with other people. Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story.
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Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing something else, not knowing how to do something or not needing to do something.
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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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Everything we experience-no matter how unpleasant-comes into our lives to teach us something.
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Have the courage to be exactly who you are without apology. Admit your mistakes without beating yourself up. Release all shame! Release all guilt! You cannot live if you are hiding behind what was. Focus on what is, right now, and that is you!
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Sometimes you have to lose everything in order to gain yourself.
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We all want to be liked, loved, or needed. That is fine. What is not fine is what we are willing to do to make sure we are liked, or loved or needed. When we make the needs and wants of others a priority in our lives, we devalue ourselves.
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Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone’s purpose in life except yours.
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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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Most of us know exactly what it is that creates the pain, confusion, stagnation and disruption in our lives. When we find something or someone creating in our lives that which we do not want, we must muster the courage and strength to stop it.
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When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives.
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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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Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.
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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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You can direct the outcome of any situation you face through the power of thought. Keep your thoughts focused on the best possible outcome for everyone involved and never allow yourself to be pushed where you don’t choose to be.
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