What matters most is how you see yourself

"No one can make you feel inferior without  your permission"  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Why then do we, all too often, give our permission and allow others to  make us feel badly about ourselves? Remember, painful as it may be to admit, they are not doing it to us, we are allowing them.   We are in all types of 'relationships'; be they personal, professional or social, with people who we allow to diminish our own sense...

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Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die

In the sense of the quote, anger can be seen as holding a grudge, and the only person to be hurt by a grudge is the person holding it. He/her is always stewing over it, to the extent that it takes over their being, eventually affecting their health and, to an extent, their sanity. Meanwhile, the person against whom the grudge is held either is unaware of it, or doesn't give a damn. Thus, grudges are very negative possessions.  suppressed...

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Knowing is not enough, WE MUST APPLY. willing is not enough, WE MUST DO.

Bruce lee, that was foolish because in your words you didn’t realize that all people desire peace, but only ones at war will actually do. As for others, they’ll be like you, meditating and selfishly trying to find their inner peace while leaving the world at war. Thusly, you didn’t know that ones at war won’t be able to hear your words all the way from China, willing is not enough, people only will for their own happiness, thusly they must...

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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself

Perhaps Emerson’s most powerful quote. Ultimate power to the individual. Who else but yourself can bring peace into your life? It hurts to say this, but horrible things happen every day. Murder, kidnapping, rape, you name it. It happens to amazing people. The external world is never peaceful. But you don’t have to suffer at the hands of other people. Until the day you die, you can choose to be at peace with the world. You can let go of your...

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Take a deep breath it's just a bad day not a bad life

3 Steps to Make a Bad Day Good    “To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”  The beauty of life is that we constantly have the opportunity to change it. We always have the power to recreate it. We can change our thoughts, remember how to live instead of planning each moment, forgive the past, be present for the now, slow down the speed, and push the reset button on a day that has escaped...

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Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

What does that mean? This is a slightly shortened quote from Our Mutual Friend, Book 2, Chapter 8. However, the missing portions are not necessary for the purposes of discussing this quote, in my opinion. This quote talks about some of the finest characteristics of the human animal. A heart that never hardens, despite the hate and anger directed at it. A temper that never tires, despite being tried regularly, often by the same...

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We only have to control over two moments in our lives .... HERE and NOW

How to live in the present What does it mean to live fully in the present moment? It means that your awareness is completely centered on the here and now. You are not worrying about the future or thinking about the past. When you live in the present, you are living where life is happening. The past and future are illusions, they don’t exist. As the saying goes “tomorrow never comes”. Tomorrow is only a concept, tomorrow is always waiting...

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