Archive for August, 2008

Do you love yourself?

August 30, 2008

“At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.”
– Dr. Paul Tournier
How do you see yourself as unlovable?
Take a few minutes to write down why you perceive yourself to be unlovable. Look at the list and see if you can identify where [...]

Seek your limits and beyond

August 30, 2008

“If you’re proactive, you don’t have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.”
– Stephen Covey
Connect with the edge, the unknown, of your experience. Allow this pull towards unexplored territory to take you to new dimensions of yourself. Allow life to touch you in new [...]

Ordinary can be awesome

August 30, 2008

“Everything in life can be nourishing. Everything can bless us, but we’ve got to be there for the blessing to occur. Being present with quality is a decision we are invited to make each day.”
– MacRina Wiederkehr
Spirit is not only found in holy places, prayer and meditation, yoga and retreats. It is everywhere — in [...]

The face in the mirror

August 30, 2008

“Our inability to see beauty doesn’t suggest in the slightest that beauty is not there. Rather, it suggests that we are not looking carefully enough or with broad enough perspective to see the beauty.”
– Rabbi Harold Kushner
Who are you? You can gaze at your reflection in a mirror but you’re not likely to see your [...]

Follow your own path

August 12, 2008

“Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another … The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road [...]