It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.
IYANLA VANZANTFamily is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it’s the place where we find the deepest heartache.
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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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It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn’t mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control.
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Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth and happiness.
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Every day is your day if you claim it. If you wait for somebody else to make it for you, you’re going to be disappointed.
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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 we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives.
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If you don’t ask for what you need, the need will keep getting bigger.
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We set the standard of how we want to be treated. Our relationships are reflections of the relationships we have with ourselves.
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You set the standards for how you will be treated. People will treat you the exact way you treat yourself. So be good to you. Take time for yourself. Rest. Play. Shower yourself with affection, support, and gifts.
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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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With all things in life, we do not get what we ask for, we get what we expect.
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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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When the time comes for you to make a change or to grow, the universe will make you so uncomfortable you will eventually have no choice.
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The only thing that goes on in your life is what your allow to go on in your life.
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You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.
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