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.
IYANLA VANZANTLives fall apart when they need to be rebuilt.
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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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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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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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When was the last time you thanked you for always being there for you? Self appreciation soothes an aching soul.
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If you should encounter angry or unkind actions today, take a deep breath, reach deep within and greet the lack of love with love.
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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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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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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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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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Love people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it.
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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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Their issues are not your issues.
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Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.
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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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People may not like what you do, people may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!
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