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April 18 - April 21, 2022
FIND OUT WHERE JOY RESIDES, AND GIVE IT A VOICE FAR BEYOND SINGING. FOR TO MISS THE JOY IS TO MISS ALL. —Robert Louis Stevenson
We are each assigned a unique part in this magnificent universal play. Not only that, we are each supposed to write the script, direct the scenes, and produce the play.
everyone, every single person, is looking for the same thing: a connection to themselves and to each other.
there is a reason why we are called human beings and not human doings.
Each one of us has been dealt a set of cards. None of us is given a complete deck.
Serenity Prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”
Know that all is in perfect balance and that we have all the resources we need to make our lives work.
If you ever feel insecure, insignificant, or inadequate, remember that there are more cells in your body than stars in the galaxy.
“A good day starts the night before.”
“They have only stepped back in order to leap farther.”
It’s similar to how there are white spaces, gaps, in art. Pausing is a part of music.
In every symphony, there are rests between the notes—this pause is honored and trea...
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Everything that happens in your life is an opportunity to recalibrate and change your perspective.
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens…a time to weep, and a time to laugh…a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.”
Urgency is everywhere, but you need to ask yourself, “Am I honoring my divine timing?”
find your pace, trust it, and honor it.
It takes bravery to make up your own rules and map out your own journey, one that will look different from others’ journeys.
Don’t think that not yet having achieved something means that the door has closed.
“I don’t know when I’m going to find what I’m looking for, but I know I will.”
doesn’t mean that you stop doing, engaging, pursuing, participating, but it does mean that you stop pressuring yourself, calling yourself a failure, and causing yourself a lot of suffering.
Honor the wisdom of life’s timing and trust that things are unfolding in the perfect way.
Breathe in patience, let go of any pressure inside.
Life is so much more joyful when we don’t pressure ourselves and things can happen in a miraculous way, when we don’t go against the natural flow of our lives.
Without trust, the world is an unsafe, unstable place, and you don’t trust that you can handle what life throws at you.
Beware of destination addiction, the idea that happiness is in the next place, the next job, or even with the next partner.
Sometimes it feels like the most difficult thing to do is to let our own loving in.
what most people long for. We all long to be truly seen and cherished for who we are.
Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who’d be kind to me.
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
Putting yourself through the discomfort of change is certainly not easy.
Leaving is hard, yes—you’ll feel needy, disoriented, insecure, weird—but it’s also empowering.
If you delay your exit time, the next scene can’t begin. Trust yourself when you feel the call to exit.
Don’t be afraid of endings, because they empty the stage for something new to make its entrance.
Life is so much more joyful when you do things that you’re fully engaged in.
Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it.
Pressing the pause button at moments of tension is much more useful.
I can reconnect to myself if I ask myself, “What is the most loving and effective thing I can do for myself right now?”
Your essence and inner beauty will always draw people to you.
No one will remember what you wore, but they will always remember how they felt in your presence.
Being wealthy has to do with being educated, sharing what you have, a thirst for knowledge, learning about the arts, knowing that you have love and friendships and gifts and talents that are unique to you.
Make your life about qualities and worthy values instead of things: generosity, joy, sharing yourself, faith, hope, trust, caring, loving, listening, learning, gratitude.
You are not your paycheck.
Comparison is the Thief of Joy.
comparison is really a form of self-abuse.
Don’t judge your jealousy when it comes up; observe it and say, “That’s interesting.
Be grateful for where you are.
The one thing you can control is how you treat yourself. And that one thing can change everything.
The willingness to love and accept yourself, even if you don’t know how, is the starting point to letting go of the judgment and comparison.
willingness to see and believe that you are enough no matter what.
