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.
IYANLA VANZANTBe patient with yourself. Be gentle with yourself. Know that all things are working in your favor. If you take one step toward the light of Spirit, Spirit will take five steps on your behalf.
More Iyanla Vanzant Quotes
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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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Lives fall apart when they need to be rebuilt.
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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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I am the one I have been looking for.
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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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Everything we experience-no matter how unpleasant-comes into our lives to teach us something.
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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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Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren’t.
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If you don’t ask for what you need, the need will keep getting bigger.
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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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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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When you’re the strong one, people don’t give you permission to hurt.
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Instead of running from what you don’t want, walk with commitment toward what you desire. Focus on where you are going rather than being obsessed with where you have been.
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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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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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