Each Day a New Beginning Quotes

“Life is a series of lessons. Crises can be seen as the homework. They aren’t there to defeat us but to help us grow—to graduate us into the next stage of life.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“JANUARY 30 Fortunately [psycho]analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. —Karen Horney The passage of time, coupled with an openness to the messages gleaned from our conversations with others, can provide answers we need for the way out of painful situations. Life is ebb and flow, peaks and valleys, struggles and sweet times. What we fail to realize, all too often, is that the struggles make possible the times that are sweet. Our conflicts are our special lessons in life. We can learn to flow with them, move through them, trust their value to us as growing, changing women. How good it feels to have found security with one another and that power greater than ourselves who can, when we are willing, show us the path to resolution. Life will never be free of conflict—nor should it be. Our lessons move us to higher planes of awareness. We can experience the joy hidden within the conflict. We can help one another remember that the sweetness of a moment is tied to the pain of a former, forgotten moment. All events, all experiences, are connected. The path I travel, alone and with others, is bringing me brighter days. I will trust my path. It’s right for me.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer, or fuller, or more satisfying, puts me in a constant state of suspension; and I miss all those moments that pass. They never come back to be experienced again. —Kathleen Tierney Crilly”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end. —Baroness Orczy”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it. — Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery offers us courage to make choices about the events of our lives. Passive compliance with whatever is occurring need no longer dominate our pattern of behavior. Powerlessly watching our lives go by was common for many of us, and our feelings of powerlessness escalated the more idle we were. Today, action is called for, thoughtful action in response to the situations begging for our attention. Recovery’s greatest gift is the courage to take action, to make decisions that will benefit us as well as the people who are close to us. Courage is the by-product of our spiritual progress, courage to accept what we cannot change, believing that all will be well, courage to change in ourselves what we do have control over. An exhilaration about life accompanies the taking of action. The spell that idleness casts over us is broken, and subsequent actions are even easier to take. Clearly, making a choice and acting on it is healthful. The program has given us the tools to do both. Decisions will be called for today. I will be patient with myself, and thoughtful. I will listen closely to the guidance that comes from those around me.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“When the pupil is ready, the teacher appears.” Life’s lessons often come unexpectedly. They come, nevertheless, and they come according to a time frame that is Divine. As we grow emotionally and spiritually, we are readied for further lessons for which teachers will appear. Perhaps the teacher will be a loving relationship, a difficult loss, or a truant child. The time of learning is seldom free from pain and questioning. But from these experiences and what they can teach us, we are ready to learn. As we are ready, they come. We all enjoy the easy times when”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Variety in experiences is necessary for our continued growth. We mistakenly think that the “untroubled” life would be forever welcome. It’s the deep waves of life that teach us to be better swimmers.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words, return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy. —Florence Scovel Shin”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“How comforting to know that all answers are as close as our quiet moments. God never chooses to keep the answers from us. We simply fail to quiet our thoughts long enough to heed them. Our minds race, obsessively, all too often. We jump from one scenario to another, one fear to another, one emotion to another. And each time our thoughts capture a new focus, we push the answer we seek further into the background.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“The bottom line is that I am responsible for my own well-being, my own happiness. The choices and decisions I make regarding my life directly influence the quality of my days. —Kathleen Andrus”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. —Anne Frank”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Faith grows within our hearts”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Faith is like the air in a balloon. If you’ve got it”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Confidence will come with my healthy self-acceptance.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Learning self-acceptance, and then loving the selves we are, present perhaps our two biggest hurdles to the attainment of emotional and spiritual health.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Change occurs when one becomes what she is, not when she tries to become what she is not. —Ruth P. Freedman”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Simply knowing that we are important creatures of the universe offers too little security for most of us. We do have a role to play; our talents are special and unique to each of us. Using them in a well-planned manner will benefit us emotionally and spiritually. Others will profit from our talents as well.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“I will not back away from a project today. I will persevere and find completion.
I’ll feel completed.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Do not compare yourself with others,
for you are a unique and wonderful creation.
Make your own beautiful footprints in the snow. —Barbara Kimball”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Every circumstance has a silver lining. In one instance you may choose to feel self-pity; in the next, gladness.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. —Kathleen Casey Theisen”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Today, I will be aware of my gifts, I will offer them and receive them thankfully.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“My Declaration of Self-Esteem: I am me. In all the world there is no one else exactly like me. There are persons who have some parts like me, but no one adds up exactly like me. Therefore, everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone chose it. —Virginia Satir”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“We are just where we need to be today. The experiences that we meet are like points on the map of our journey. Some of them are rest stops. Others resemble high-speed straightaways. The journey to our destination is not always smooth, but the more we let God sit in the driver’s seat, the easier will be our ride.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“On any journey, we must find out where we are before we can plan the first step. —Kathy Boevink”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“I will be glad today for the clouds or the rainbows. Both are meant for my good.
And without both, neither has meaning.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“I will look for the signs of my benefactor today. They’re present everywhere.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Love and the hope of it are not things one can learn; they are a part of life’s heritage. —Maria Montessori”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“Each day I need to pay heed to interests as well as duties.
I will let no day go by without heeding an interest.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

“People need to be able to count on us for our part in completing their particular scheme for life.”
― Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women