You Can't Make This Stuff Up Quotes

“You might be like, Once you apologize, then I’ll forgive you. But that’s no good, because you remain bound to the person who harmed you and give them the power until they say, “I’m sorry.”
― Theresa Caputo, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven

“Your beliefs become your thoughts Your thoughts become your words Your words become your actions Your actions become your habits Your habits become your values Your values become your destiny.”
― Theresa Caputo, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven

“When anger gnaws at your soul, you become less of the loving person that you and Spirit know you to be. And if you don’t manage your resentments and embrace life, you’ll compromise your happiness and lose your way on your path.”
― Theresa Caputo, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven

“Another thing God tells my clients is that it’s OK to be angry or turn from Him, if that’s what you need for a time, but to know He’s not going anywhere. No matter how close or far you move from God, His love never changes, and He will always guide you when you’re ready. He also doesn’t want fury to obscure the fact that your loved ones’ souls are at peace. God says all this because He wants you to heal and move forward. He wants the well-being of your loved one’s soul to be your focus, because negativity holds you back from growth and serenity.”
― Theresa Caputo, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven

“People think the opposite of love is hate, but I think it can be fear. Fear of abandonment, impermanence, or indifference will keep you from love. Love is grounding and makes you feel safe, and if you don’t feel secure or felt threatened”
― Theresa Caputo, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven

“If you have even the slightest bit of faith, then you have hope, and if you have hope, you have love.”
― Theresa Caputo, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven

“For most people I know and have worked with, there is no end point where you get to say, “All done! I’m better now!” You move two steps forward, three back, one more forward . . . and you carry on. As Claudine said, “We’ll never stop grieving, but we do try to put our grief in a box and take it out when we’ve set aside time for it, so it doesn’t rule our lives. Healing will be a process that continues until we cross over to see our dear, sweet daughter again.”
― Theresa Caputo, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven

“Remember too that when it comes to death, this is an agreed-upon choice between your soul, your guides, and God; it’s not entirely God’s call, as so many of my clients assume. The end of your life usually occurs when that soul, not the human, chooses to leave within a window of time called destiny. I’m told that this is also the case with children who get sick or die young. Their souls agreed to take on an illness for their growth or that of the loved ones connected to them. A lot of times when I sit with a client, they’ll say, “I asked God not to take my mom/brother/child yet, and He did!” But God isn’t kicking back in Heaven like, I’ll take . . . that one! Now this one! He’s not calling back souls the way you pluck chocolates out of a box—this truffle first, then that caramel. In fact, God isn’t doing anything to us, but for us, and even then your soul is involved.”
― Theresa Caputo, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven

“If you unnecessarily blame yourself for an event, Spirit’s first priority is to name one or more specific grounds for why you shouldn’t carry this burden. They have me do this until I sense that your soul is calm enough to start healing. So Spirit might show me that a soul chose a death that would be quickest for you to heal from, ask me to insist that the soul’s destiny was set, tell me the person died a certain way to help you learn a lesson or help others—or any mix of these positive and encouraging efforts. These facts help clients in their own ways, but if you pull back from the individual stories, Spirit’s overarching lesson is that you can’t stop looking for reasons to heal. Also, these messages reinforce that some things are out of your hands once you’re in this world, because your soul chose your journey and knew your destiny all along. Everything is part of a purpose, path, and lessons. So the next time you’re tempted to take on blame, ask Spirit to help you figure out what you’re being taught. At the very least, it will refocus your thoughts and stop the loop of regret.”
― Theresa Caputo, You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven