When you’re the strong one, people don’t give you permission to hurt.
IYANLA VANZANTEvery 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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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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Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt or angry. Holding on to pain, anger, guilt or shame is the glue that binds us to the situation we want to escape.
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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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You will stumble at time, forget what you want, fall headfirst into your old habits and beliefs. Fear not! Always remember to be patient and loving with yourself and others because that is what God does all the time.
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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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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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If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don’t do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.
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Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now.
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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.
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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.
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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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With all things in life, we do not get what we ask for, we get what we expect.
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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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When your life is working there will be an absence of drama.
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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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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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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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When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.
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Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it’s the place where we find the deepest heartache.
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Give yourself permission to smile a lot today. In fact, why not make it a habit!
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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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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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The only thing that goes on in your life is what your allow to go on in your life.
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It is not what you hear, it is where you listen from within yourself that gives meaning to the message.
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You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
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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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