Category Archives: Quotes – 2015

How To Live With No Regrets!

Happiness is a choice that I can make no matter how grim circumstances might seem. The joy of being alive is always attainable... Patti Pansa

patti pansa

“… with Stage 4 metastasized breast cancer, Patti didn’t want to wish. She wanted to know how to live life with no regrets. Out of Patti’s vision and sense of urgency, the No Regrets Project was born. Between radiation treatments, spinal surgery and a bucket list trip to Alaska, Patti wrote essays, talked with anyone who would listen, dreamed and created. In the end, she developed five simple, personal practices to help herself live life more fully: be grateful every day, trust – take the risk, courage to be me, choose joy, and love myself & share it. While the phrases may be simple, accomplishing them is not. The development of the No Regrets Project is Patti Pansa’s legacy to all of us.”

affirmations

Today I AM leaving no regrets on the table! I AM grateful. I AM trusting and take risks. I AM courageously me. I AM choosing joy. I love myself and share this love. I AM living fully!

Recommendation: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

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Why Love Is Hard Work!

Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. Ursula K. Le Guin

hard work!

Maintaining relationships built on love is very hard work. If we want our family to stay together then we must work on that relationship diligently and daily. If we want to maintain faith in God and not suffer from fear and isolation, then we must maintain our prayer relationship with God on a daily basis. All love requires work and we must remember that!

affirmations

Today I AM willing to work to experience love in my relationships. I refuse to take any relationship for granted. I AM ready and loving!

Recommendation: The Law of Attraction by Esther Hicks

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Why We’re Human Beings…

Your soul doesn’t care what you do for a living – and when your life is over, neither will you. Your soul cares only about what you’re being while you’re doing whatever you’re doing. Neale Donald Walsch

just being

We pursue tasks, these tasks fulfill us and give meaning to our lives and we die while still doing stuff. Which is all well and good because we certainly need work to be done, but did we ever wonder why we’re called human beings and not human doings 🙂 ? There’s a beauty and sublime peace in life which can be experienced when we’re just being, because when we’re just being our mind chatter dies down, we can be in the flow and experience an equanimity which is otherwise hard to find!

affirmations

Today I AM just going to be. I AM relaxed. I AM faithful. I AM not worried about my future. And trust that all will be well. I relax into the luxury of NOW. Life has never been better!

Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

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How To Increase Understanding…

To understand is to forgive, even oneself. Alexander Chase

understand

Do we understand why the person who irritates us acted in that fashion? Do we understand why we got irritated, what was it exactly? 

With deeper, below the surface understanding we can truly know another, their real motives. With careful observation we can also uncover our own tendencies and motives. We can then be forgiving towards one and all, including ourselves. Not being able to forgive is the biggest hurdle to living a spiritual and peaceful life!

affirmations

Today I AM listening and understanding. I watch and observe. I forgive and move-on. I AM happy.

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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Are We Irresponsible?

In a world of infinite possibilities, it is irresponsible to be pessimistic. author unknown

infinite

Sometimes, many times, things the way they happen, blow our minds away. Many things are possible that we can’t even imagine. Unlimited are the possibilities for things to improve and for conditions to change. Let’s not short-change the world and us by thinking small. Let’s just dream it and do it!

affirmations

Today I AM dreaming big and dreaming possibilities. Then I AM acting on such possibilities. The Universe is unlimited and so is my capacity!

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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How To Move Forward…

Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen

perfect?

We’re not perfect. They’re not perfect. Our ideas aren’t. Our plans will never be perfect. Let’s do what we can today, let’s move forward, otherwise we’ll never get to where we want to go!

affirmations

Today I move forward! I AM not perfect and don’t need to be. I progress as I go along. Life works out great!

Recommendation: The Law of Attraction by Esther Hicks

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How To Smell A Rose!

Only that day dawns to which we are awake. Henry David Thoreau

awake?

It could be an entire day before we realize it’s gone! Does that happen to you?

We must become aware of ourselves as we pass through a unique day, that’s made up of unique moments and experiences. If we are constantly manufacturing thoughts about what’s going on with us or who’s doing what to us, then we won’t awaken to that day or moment.

The only way to smell the rose is to awaken fully to the rose (not thoughts/concepts about it) and experience it fully for what it is.

affirmations

Today I AM here. I AM present. I experience life as it is and not via my thoughts about life. I AM happy.

Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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