Bryant McGill's Blog, page 84

You are moving forward one way or another

Throughout the ages many wise people have said this same thing in differing ways, that you need to accept your experiences, both the good and bad, and move forward. The truth is you don't need to choose to accept anything because you don't have a choice. You are moving forward one way or another. This life is like a roller-coaster; once you are strapped-in and the ride has started, you aren't getting off. Now you can wail and thrash about in a panic, which is no fun at all, or you can put yo...

Throughout the ages many wise people have said...

Throughout the ages many wise people have said this same thing in differing ways, that we need to accept our experiences, both the good and bad, and move forward. The truth is you don't need to choose to accept anything because you don't have a choice. You are moving forward one way or another. This life is like a roller-coaster; once you are strapped-in and the ride has started, you aren't getting off. Now you can wail and thrash about in a panic, which is no fun at all, or you can put your...

You're the one you've been looking for; you complete you

Listen, I know it is hard when you feel alone. There are many types of alone too. There is the type of alone, where your life is empty with no real friends or loves. There is also the type of alone where your life is full of people and yet you have no deep and meaningful connections or passion. Then there is the type of alone where people are coming and going and living their lives, and you feel like an invisible observer in an intersection, watching people who are happily passing by, living...

If you try to make everyone happy, everyone will be happy but you

Quit trying to please everyone. Get this through your head — you are not responsible for other people's happiness. It is exclusively other people's responsibility to please themselves. Be authentic and please yourself, which is perfect for running-off the people who need to go, and bringing-in the people who should be in your life. We sure aren't taught this as children are we? When children are taught to be "good" and keep everyone happy, it teaches them that they have the impossible burden...

Every one of us must eventually face the storm

The storm is out there and every one of us must eventually face the storm. When the storm comes, pray that it will shake you to your roots and break you wide-open. Being broken open by the storm is your only hope. When you are broken open you get to discover for the first time what is inside you. Some people never get to see what is inside them; what beauty, what strength, what truth and love. They were never broken open by the storm. So, don't run from your pain — run into your pain. Let li...

Please don't worry about what people think of you

Please don't worry about what people think of you. Of course you want to feel accepted and loved, and of course it hurts when people misunderstand us, betray us and reject us. But, so many of our problems begin when we start worrying what others think of us. Just remember that everyone is on a different level of understanding. Try to believe that when someone is hard on you it may have very little to do with you. People who are hard on others are usually very hard on themselves, and the pain...

Beauty speaks to us in moments

Sometimes we look to others for a message to remind us who we are, but really we are all messengers who have just forgotten. We are all messengers and we are all carrying the same message; it is a message from God which is saying with each heartbeat, "I love you." Life favors life — isn't it so obvious, that what is in you wants to continue? That longing you feel inside of you to live, is your great purpose expressing itself. Life unfolds with such a deliberate grace of purpose that we hardl...

There is a huge difference between learning about...

There is a huge difference between learning about truth and experiencing truth. Your mind can take in endless pearls of wisdom and your mouth can repeat them, but until you have essential experience — you only have noise. Talk and even listening is nothing without understanding. We only truly understand what we experience. When people have understanding they tend to be more quiet and seek quietness. Consider the possibility that many of the things you hear and say are utter nonsense and meani...

Never let anyone convince you of anything...

Never let anyone convince you of anything negative about yourself unless it is for your own betterment. And if what they have said is true, then thank them and take it in for consideration. But unless someone is trying to help you, don't you dare, ever let anyone tell you who and what you are, because, on this planet, you are the unquestionable and supreme authority on — you.

Life is so big. Do not try to fill it

If you struggle to fill something as big as life, it will swallow you. We feel we need to prove ourselves, our worth and purpose. The infinite already knows your purpose and is the author of your purpose. Your perfect unfolding is the same as every other living and non-living thing which exists — it is your unstoppable nature.

At one time or another, we all try to please everyone, be smart or pretty, keep it all together and do everything perfectly. We see life as having expectations that we...