Everything happens for a reason.

“You often feel tired, not because you’ve done too much, but because you’ve done too little of what sparks a light in you.”

You often feel tired, not because you’ve done too much, but because you’ve done too little of what sparks a light in you.

While we may not recognize it at the time of a traumatic event, life-changing suffering has a way of being an opening to a greater understanding of life. The “mud” and mess of our most painful experiences can become the fertile ground for the blossoming of our understanding and self-compassion.

Just because you bury something doesn’t mean that it stops existing.

As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.

Happiness is when you feel good about yourself without needing everyone else’s approval.

Something my therapist taught me so I could learn how to feel proud of myself and my accomplishments. When you’re getting ready to go to sleep, ask yourself, “What have I done right today?” 

Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery. You have to get to the point where your mood doesn’t shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. Don’t allow others to control the direction of your life. Don’t allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence.

Choose a path. Stay with your path. Be ready to face obstacles. Even if you take a wrong turn, at least it will be your turn, your life, your mistake.

Scared? Good. We don’t grow when we stay inside our comfort zone.

When people are ready they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to, just like when they do want to, you can’t stop them.

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.