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...
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.
Usually inner strength is respected—we get back what we put out.
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...
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.
IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD HANDLE ANYTHING THAT CAME YOUR WAY, WHAT WOULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE TO FEAR? The answer is: NOTHING!
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.
Remember that underlying all our fears is a lack of trust in ourselves.
I believe that if something is troubling you, simply start from where you are and take the action necessary to change it.
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...
The voice of my ancestors said to me,The shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is not simply water, but the blood of your grandfather’s grandfather.Each ghostly reflection in the clear wa...
The biggest pitfall as you make your way through life is impatience. Remember that being impatient is simply a way of punishing yourself. It creates stress, dissatisfaction, and fear.
My father said to me,I know the sap that courses through the treesas I know the blood that flows in my veins.We are part of the earth and it is part of us.The perfumed flowers are our sisters.The bear...
It’s a problem is another deadening phrase. It’s heavy and negative. It’s an opportunity opens the door to growth. Each time you can see the gift in life’s obstacles, you can handle difficult situatio...
It is a paradox. The less you need someone’s approval, the more you are able to love them.
I learned an amazing way to demonstrate the effectiveness of positive versus negative thinking from Jack Canfield, President of Self-Esteem Seminars, which I now use in my workshops. I ask someone to...
For some reason we feel we should be perfect, and forget that we learn through our mistakes. Our need to be perfect and our need to control the outcome of events work together to keep us petrified whe...
Each time we confront some intense difficulty, we know there is something we haven’t learned yet, and the universe is now giving us the opportunity to learn.