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Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it’s the place where we find the deepest heartache.

Iyanla Vanzant

Life doesn’t actually knock you down. It does, however, provide you with many opportunities to evaluate your standing in life: what you stand on, what you stand for, how you stand within yourself and for yourself.
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Life Opportunity Yourself
You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.
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Leaving People Yourself
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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Courage Creation Live Ourselves Pain Stop Strength
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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Live Love Need Ourselves Willing
Everything you have done and been through is valuable and important. In order to be who you are, to know what you know, to be where you are in this moment, you needed to go through what you went through.
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Important Knowledge Moments Need Past Value
Don’t get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it’s your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways.
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Challenge Hard Time Live People Story Victory Yourself
If you don’t ask for what you need, the need will keep getting bigger.
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Big Need Yourself
Many of us have a need to be right. We then set out to make ourselves right by making someone else wrong. We must get right with ourselves. Once we do, we will have so much to do, we will not have time to keep track of who is wrong.
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Need Ourselves Right Time Wrong
Just for today, allow yourself to embrace all that you are every moment. Know that you are a vessel of light. Allow yourself to release all doubts about your ability, the mistakes of the past, the fear of the future.
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Ability Doubt Embrace Fear Future Light Mistake Moments Past Yourself
Everything happens when it needs to happen; everyone is always where they need to be. You will never miss out on what is meant for you, even if it has to come to you in a roundabout way.
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Life Missing Need Wisdom Yourself
Everything we experience-no matter how unpleasant-comes into our lives to teach us something.
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Experience Live Ourselves Teaching Wisdom
Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.
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Change Darkness Deep Empowerment Willing Yourself
You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
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Feeling Right Yourself
With all things in life, we do not get what we ask for, we get what we expect.
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Expectation Life
When you can tell the story and it doesn’t bring up any pain, you know it is healed.
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Healing Pain Story Yourself
Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and blessed.
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Alone Blessing Breathe Heart Listening Yourself

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