Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered-in every present moment-to effortlessly dismiss any dark thought or feeling that, left unattended, diminishes our happiness.
Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.
Each moment of every one of my relationships serves as the secret path to the summit of myself.
I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than myself.
Spend everyday casual, but industrious Every moment alert, but relaxed.
You cannot separate the onset of a disturbing moment in life from the appearance of some simultaneous new possibility to know a deeper and more unshakable sense of peace.
If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.
Real achievement -- the true measure of how far we have advanced in life -- is not determined by what we have acquired, but rather by the degree to which we have put our fears behind us.
Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its darksleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place youwant to leave.
The path to the inwardly enriched life is not hidden from the man or woman who longs to walk upon it.
Each moment of life is only as precious as is our ability to attend to it.
To know that every moment — regardless of how it comes wrapped — is a gift greater than you can give yourself, is to be well on your way to a life without fear.
Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.
Letting go, at its heart, is an act of agreement with Life.
Make it your moment-to-moment aim to recognize the difference between being aware of your thoughts, and being carried along by them.
The next time you catch yourself starting to feel bad about anything, immediately stop everything you are doing for a moment and, as simply and as honestly as you can, ask yourself: "Is this what I really want?