How can you buy the sky? Chief Seattle began.How can you own the rain and the wind?My mother told me,Every part of this earth is sacred to our people.Every pine needle. Every sandy shore.Every mist in...
Usually inner strength is respected—we get back what we put out.
If you don’t change your direction, you’re likely to end up where you’re heading.
Hear my voice and the voice of my ancestors, Chief Seattle said.The destiny of your people is a mystery to us.What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered?The wild horses tamed?What will happ...
IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD HANDLE ANYTHING THAT CAME YOUR WAY, WHAT WOULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE TO FEAR? The answer is: NOTHING!
I will handle it
The phrase say yes means to agree to those things that life hands us. Saying yes means letting go of resistance and letting in the possibilities that our universe offers in new ways of seeing the worl...
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU CAN HANDLE ANYTHING THAT COMES YOUR WAY IS THE KEY TO ALLOWING YOURSELF TO TAKE HEALTHY, LIFE-AFFIRMING RISKS.
Nothing is as satisfying as those moments of breakthrough when you discover something about yourself and the universe that adds another piece to the jigsaw puzzle. The joy of discovery is delicious.
Every time you encounter something that forces you to handle it, your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive, no matter what happens. And in this way your fears a...
You may be surprised and encouraged to learn that while inability to deal with fear may look and feel like a psychological problem, in most cases it isn’t. I believe it is primarily an educational pro...
We fear beginnings; we fear endings. We fear changing; we fear staying stuck. We fear success; we fear failure. We fear living; we fear dying.
Remember that underlying all our fears is a lack of trust in ourselves.
Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the underlying fear that comes from a feeling of helplessness.
It is a paradox. The less you need someone’s approval, the more you are able to love them.
For many of us, the people we find most difficult to praise are the ones closest to us—our mates, our children, our parents, and sometimes our friends.
Finding out what you don’t like is, paradoxically, as valuable as finding out what you do like.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PAIN IS VERY IMPORTANT; DENIAL IS DEADLY.
We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother’s heartbeat.If we sell you our land, care for it as we have cared for it.Hold in your mind the memory of the land as it is when you receive it.Preserve...
We can’t escape fear.