Law of Attraction

Here's the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don't want, and they're wondering why it shows up over and over again. - John Assaraf

Dreams and Reality

Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so. - Belva Davis

Imperfections

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."
Unknown

Because of Your Smile

"Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful."
Thich Nhat Hanh

Learn To Relax

Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Empower Those Around You

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"Don't repress your needs and feelings. They fester, becoming corrosive and destructive in your relationships. In a calm, loving way, tell the people in your life what you need. Don't expect people to read your mind. It only leads to disappointment and frustration. Empower them to empower you!" ~Jillian Michaels

Relaxation

Portrait by Tracy Sheppard of Studio Soleil

Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one’s being.  ~Donald Curtis

Slow Down

Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you. - John De Paola

Finding Deep Peace

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub. - Elisbeth Kubler-Ross

Focus

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. 
Ansel Adams 

Father's Protection

"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud

Older

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point. ~Susan Sarandon

True Strength

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do.
But to hold it together when everyone else
would understand if you fell apart,
that's true strength.
-unknown

Unlimited

If we did all the things we are capable of doing,
we would literally astound ourselves. 
-Thomas Edison

Learn to Love Yourself

Like the sky opens after a rainy day we must open to ourselves.... Learn to love yourself for who you are and open so the world can see you shine. ~James Poland

Loss of Empathy

Loss of Empathy
Sensitivity to the needs of others can be a very accurate barometer for the health of our souls. If we no longer feel that tug of compassion or concern when hearing of another person's hurts, we know we have grown callused and cold. 
What may be causing this in our spiritual life? It could be the result of over-working, or not taking enough time for feeding our own spirit. Maybe we are wrestling with our own pain. 
There is a part of us that needs nourishment and healing. If we don't feed ourselves with what is necessary, do not get adequate rest, or have too many walls up, it will become hard for us to empathize with others.
When we find ourselves reacting coldly to other people's problems, we should take a moment to measure own own spiritual pulse. It may be time to take better care of ourselves so we can care more for others.

"We are cold to others only when we are dull in ourselves" ~William Hazlitt~

Gifts

What we are is God's gift to us.  What we become is our gift to God.  ~Eleanor Powell

Beauty and Dignity

“The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depends on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life”

~Albert Einstein

Healing

I knocked on Heavens door today...
God said, "my child, what can I do for you?"   I said, "Would you please heal the person who is reading this?"   God said, " It's Done."

Define Yourself

Never be bullied into silence.  Never allow yourself to be made a victim.  Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.  ~Harvey Fierstein

Beauty is How You Feel

 Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. ~Sophia Loren

Recipe for Beauty

The recipe for beauty is to have less illusion and more soul, to retreat from the belief of pain or pleasure in the body into the unchanging calm and glorious freedom of spiritual harmony. ~Mary Baker Eddy

Beauty is a Light

 Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.   -Kahlil Gibran

Beautiful Things in Life ~ Mothers

"Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world."
-- Kate Douglas Wiggin

Showing Emotion

Never apologize for showing feeling.  When you do so, you apologize for the truth.  ~Benjamin Disraeli

Believe in Yourself

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Norman Vincent Peale

Defining Yourself

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

~Harvey Fierstein

Life is Full of Beauty

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” ~Ashley Smith

Beautiful Soul

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen.  But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.  ~Marie Stopes

Beautiful Smile

I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.  ~Author Unknown

Everything has Beauty

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.  ~Confucius

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.  ~Confucius

Beauty Inward

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beauty's Delusion

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.  ~Leo Tolstoy

Healing and Strength

 Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.  ~John Muir

Beauty from Within

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.  ~Ninon de L'Enclos

Beauty of the Heart

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.  ~Martin Buxbaum

Beauty

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.  ~Kahlil Gibran