Category Archives: Quotes – 2010

Articles, Quotes - 2010

Self vs. Success

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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. – Maya Angelou

all about us

Success is all about us. It’s about how we perceive our inherent value and the world outside us. If our general outlook is negative or critical, how can we not be critical of self? How can happiness (and success), then, have any chance of finding us?

like yourself

At the end of the day, literally and figuratively, if we’re not happy in our own skin, not happy with our selves, we’re not successful. Let’s grab success by its horns by appreciating what we are, what we have, what we do!

Daily Affirmation: Today I like myself, no strike that, I love myself!

Recommendation: A Return to Love – by Marianne Williamson

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Quotes - 2010

True To Design

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Most people are other people.  Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.  – Oscar Wilde

who are we?

How much of us, is truly us? How much is borrowed? Wholesome manners and attitudes are worth imitating, nothing much else is.

discover you

We are truly unique, a creation of the Infinite, impossible to replicate in all of time and in all space.

Ponder that.

Why did God create us to be so?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM my own expression.

Recommendation: True Purpose by Tim Kelley

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Articles, Quotes - 2010, Stillness

Deep Peace

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The person should look for peace within and not depend on it in any other place. There are no waves in the depths of the ocean, it is still and unbroken.- The Buddha

within, it is

The concept isn’t rocket science but how many of us truly believe it, know it or accept it? Peace does come from within even if the object of interaction is outside us. It’s the interpretation of our experiences that allows us to be happy, sad or indifferent. The event is generally out there; our reaction to it comes from within. We choose constantly, it’s up to us.

below the surface

Our normal consciousness inhabits the stormy seas of the thoughts that we continuously manufacture. This storm is at the surface. Just as a scuba diver can descend below the choppy waters to enjoy the prevailing deep calm under the surface, so too can a practitioner of Stillness.

Daily Affirmation: Today I operate from the calm inside me.

Recommendation: True Meditation by Adyashanti

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Quotes - 2010

A Lion You Be

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He who always thinks himself as weak will never become strong, but he who knows himself to be a lion, rushes out from the world’s meshes, as a lion from its cage. – Vivekananda

see yourself, how?

Our self-view is a key determinant of what we get out of our life experiences. How do you view yourself? What technique do you use to step back to ascertain your self-view?

a lion

Truly we are lions. We are lions because of our heritage. We come from the infinite. Ponder that.

We are also lions because of our destiny. We grow, slowly, into and towards the source of all that is. Feel the power, be bold!

Daily Recommendation: Today I AM a lion!

Recommendation: Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda

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Yourself Be

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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.  – Judy Garland

you or them?

While there’s so much to learn from others, there’s only one way to be. Yourself.

which version?

Which version of us will we be? There’s that which we are and that which we have the potential of being. We shouldn’t settle for the version of us that needs further sculpting. We can’t use what’s 2nd rate in us, let alone what is a 2nd rate version of another. Let’s aim higher!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM who I can be.

Recommendation: The Art of Being by Erich Fromm

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Where?

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…that all you have to do is know where you’re going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.  – Earl Nightingale

where to?

Where art thou headed?

proceed with confidence

Having faith that we’ll be provided with all that we need, including direction and resources, is key. We are like babes in the wilderness, there’s not that much we can do to protect ourselves. So what do we do? We keep trekking forward, believing that all will be well!

Daily Affirmation: Today I move forward in faith.

Recommendation: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

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Quotes - 2010

First Things First

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Young souls learn to accept responsibility for their actions. Mature souls learn to accept responsibility for their thoughts. And old souls, dear one, learn to accept responsibility for their happiness. – The Universe

thoughts & actions

Actions are noticed first, which is why they garner more attention. Thoughts, count for more. When we’re responsible for our own thoughts, right actions flow more easily. Thoughts become things…so by being responsible for our thoughts, we take responsibility for our life!

happiness, a thought system

Seeking happiness first is not a selfish attitude. Our greatest happiness is tied directly to the happiness of those around us. So when we take responsibility for our own happiness, we are directly and indirectly signing up for a much higher goal. Truly if we put ‘our’ happiness first, and be responsible for it, we’re sailing! Happiness is a thought system, one that we create for our selves, we have no one else to blame or praise except us.

Daily Affirmation: Today I create happy thoughts!

Recommendation: Infinite Possibilities by Mike Dooley

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