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The Tao teaches us not to intervene and interfere. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. And the people we love we have to learn to let them be.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
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Only the insecure strive for security.
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You aren't your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family... your anything. You're a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth.
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Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.
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Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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If life is a checker game, someone else is moving the pieces. It isn't us. Don't be surprised by amazing coincidences. There are no accidents. Consider, as I learned to do, the incredible interconnectedness of all of life.
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Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.
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I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
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Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.
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Most of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent only needs to guide and step aside and let them fulfill their dharma. Help children remember that they can do or be anything.
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To be more childlike, you don't have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It's the same with me and writing.
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The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.
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Conflict cannot survive without your participation.
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My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.