Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and blessed.
IYANLA VANZANTPeople may not like what you do, people may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!
More Iyanla Vanzant Quotes
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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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When you can tell the story and it doesn’t bring up any pain, you know it is healed.
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To honor life, we must be willing to grow through what we don’t know yet, and outgrow what we know no longer fits us. We must be willing to give in to the process, moment by moment, realizing a new plot may be unfolding.
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When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives.
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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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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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Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.
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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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Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren’t.
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Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.
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When you’re the strong one, people don’t give you permission to hurt.
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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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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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Sometimes you have to lose everything in order to gain yourself.
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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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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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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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If someone has offended you, insulted you, or disappointed you, let it go! If you are remembering all the ways you have been hurt or forgotten, let it go! Ask yourself, what good does it do for me to hold on to this?
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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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You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.
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If you don’t ask for what you need, the need will keep getting bigger.
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Everything we experience-no matter how unpleasant-comes into our lives to teach us something.
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Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.
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Nothing destroys self-worth, self-acceptance and self-love faster than denying what you feel. Without feelings, you would not know where you are in life. Nor would you know what areas you need to work on. Honor your feelings. Allow yourself to feel them.
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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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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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